Where does “shogi” come from?

shogi (English) comes from Japanese 将棋, from Japanese 将棊.

shogi (English): Japanese chess; a chess variant created and...

Definitions

  1. Japanese chess; a chess variant created and...

Ancestry of “shogi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese将棋shogi Japanese chess
2Japanese将棊—
Every word from Japanese 将棊 →Every word from Japanese 将棋 →
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