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chu shogi

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.95 in modern English

Syllables
chu sho-gi
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Japanese board game, a form of shogi (Japanese chess) played on a 12×12 board.

Uncountable

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 中将棋 (chū shōgi, literally “middle shogi”), so named for being between 小将棋 (shō shōgi, literally “small shogi”) (9×9) and 大将棋 (dai shōgi, literally “large shogi”) (15×15) in size.

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Questions

What does chu shogi mean?
A Japanese board game, a form of shogi (Japanese chess) played on a 12×12 board.
Where does chu shogi come from?
It is traced to Japanese.

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