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Korean Go Terms
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After the recent boom of Korea in Professional Go, we also notice the advent of Go literature, written by Korean authors. They use vocabulary of their own, listed here.

  • Banchik - illegal play (taking back a stone, suicide, exceeding allotted time, ...)
  • Bik - seki
  • Bulgyeseung - win by resignation
  • Chaksu - the act of placing stones on the board
  • Cheonweon - tengen
  • Choilkki - byo yomi
  • Daeguk - to play a game
  • Daeguk Jongryo - (the end of the endgame) i.e. no profitable moves left
  • Dansu - atari
  • Deom - komi
  • Gisa - Baduk player
  • Gongbae - dame
  • Gup - kyu
  • Gyega - counting the score
  • Haengma - the flow of the stones
  • Hujeolsu - under the stones
  • Hwangyeok - snapback
  • Husu - gote
  • Hwajeom - hoshi
  • Jeongseok - joseki
  • Jip - territory
  • Jongguk - the end of the game (not the endgame)
  • Maek - tesuji
  • Matbogi - miai
  • Museungbu - a void game (due to repeated board position)
  • Pae - ko
  • Paetgam - ko threat
  • Poseok - fuseki
  • Sungbusu - overplay
  • Seonsu - sente

If you are trying to read a Korean Go book, you probably need the Hangul for these terms. The characters can be determined from the words above, as their form is basically alphabetical. However a useful shortcut is the glossary of English, Korean (Hangul) and Japanese go terminology available via [ext] Waller's Go Books Free Info. (Click on the 'Korean to English Go Glossary' link once there. Geocities does not allow a direct link to the glossary from external websites, because it's a PDF file.)



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