と金
Japanese
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 金 |
| きん Grade: 1 |
| kan'on |
Etymology
From the resemblance of the shorthand cursive version of the character 金 (kin), displayed on the back of the piece, to the hiragana letter と (to).[1][2][3]
Pronunciation
Noun
と金 • (tokin)
- (shogi) a promoted 歩兵 (fuhyō, “foot soldier”), with movement the same as a 金将 (kinshō, “gold general”)
- Synonyms: と (to), 成歩 (nari-fu)
Descendants
- → English: tokin
See also
| Shogi pieces (将棋の駒) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unpromoted (生駒) |
name | 王将 玉将 |
金将 | 銀将 | 桂馬 | 香車 | 飛車 | 角行 | 歩兵 |
| abbr. | 王 玉 |
金 | 銀 | 桂 | 香 | 飛 | 角 | 歩 | |
| Promoted (成駒) |
name | - | - | 成銀 | 成桂 | 成香 | 竜王 | 竜馬 | と金, 成歩 |
| abbr. | - | - | 全* | 圭* | 杏* | 竜 | 馬 | と, 止 | |
| *These 3 abbreviations are only used as a typographical convention. They are pronounced the same as their full names. | |||||||||
References
- ^ “と金”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen][1] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN