chess piece, Japanese chess, shogi
棋 centers on board-game pieces, especially those used in Japanese chess (shogi). The meaning extends naturally to the game itself.
棋 combines 木 (wood) with 其, which likely contributes the sound. The character originally referred to a wooden board game or its pieces.
The left side 木 suggests wood, and the right side 其 looks like a game board with pieces. Picture a wooden shogi board with pieces set up: 棋 is a chess piece.
For キ, imagine a key wooden chess piece that unlocks the game: key -> キ, and that key piece is the most important one on the board.
shogi; Japanese chess
professional shogi player; professional go player
record of a game of go, shogi, chess, etc.
(constructed) shogi problem; shogi puzzle
go or shogi tournament
great master of go; great master of shogi
skill in go or shogi
Nihon Kiin (national go organization of Japan)
Kiō (one of the eight major professional titles of shogi); shogi king
falling down one after another (like dominoes)
checkerslike game played with shogi pieces and board; hasami shogi
Chinese chess; xiangqi
chu shogi (large 12x12 board shogi variant)
Kyoto shogi (modern variant of shogi played on a 5x5 board)
wargame piece (on a training map); map symbol (representing troops)
wargame; map exercise; kriegspiel
wa shogi (large 11x11 board shogi variant with piece names mainly based on animals)
dai dai shogi (large Edo period 17x17 board shogi variant)
dai shogi (large 15x15 board shogi variant)
Taikyoku shogi (variant of shogi)