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Te
    Keywords: Go term

Te (Move) 手


By itself, in the go context the Japanese word te means move. It is also found in compounds such as

The on-yomi (Chinese reading) is shu, found in compounds such as

  • shudan - classic name for game of go, "hand talk"
  • akushu? - bad move
  • kyoushu? - strong move

In the compounds uwate and shitate (lit. "upper-hand" and "lower-hand"), the reference is to a stronger or weaker player, based on another meaning of te as person.

In everyday Japanese, te means hand.

Huh? It can mean "hand", but when compounded in words which are "literally" translated using English "hand", the actual meaning is something else?


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