碁石(ごいし)

ごいし
noun
Go stone; game piece for Go
leisureculture
1. Go stone; game piece for Go
The round, flat stones used as playing pieces in the board game Go (囲碁). They come in two colors — black (黒石) and white (白石) — and are placed on the intersections of a grid.
碁石(ごいし)を並(なら)べる。
To line up Go stones.
黒(くろ)い碁石(ごいし)を先(さき)に打(う)つ。
Black plays first.
高級(こうきゅう)な碁石(ごいし)は蛤(はまぐり)の殻(から)から作(つく)られている。
High-quality Go stones are made from clamshells.

Compound of 碁(ご) (Go, the board game) and 石(いし) (stone). Traditional high-quality white stones are made from 蛤(はまぐり) (hard clam) shells from 日向(ひゅうが) in Miyazaki Prefecture, while black stones are made from 那智黒石(なちぐろいし) (Nachi black stone), a type of slate. Everyday sets use glass or plastic.

Common collocations

  • 碁石(ごいし)を打(う)つ — to play a Go stone
  • 碁石(ごいし)を置(お)く — to place a Go stone
  • 黒石(くろいし) — black stone
  • 白石(しろいし) — white stone

Related words

Related Words

Related: 囲碁(いご) (Go)
Related: 碁盤(ごばん) (Go board)
Related: 将棋(しょうぎ) (shogi)
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Added 2026.3.27 0:25 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:01
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