mukou

    Keywords: Ko, Go term

無劫 (mukou) is the Japanese go term for a false ko threat.

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Example

In this diagram, W1 is mukou.

If White plays at a after Black fills the ko, then Black can play b, White c, and then Black d.

tderz mukou is a loanword from which (Asian) language?

What is the source of this word?
What would its characters be? The "o" in "kou" let's me drop-off Japanese as candidate.

With the given explanation, "Mu" let's me associate with "Wu" and "mu" in Chinese:
无, resp. 無 wú ; negative, no, not; lack, have no

莫 mò mù (do not, is not, can not; negative)
牟 móu mù (make; seek, get; barley; low)
目 mù, (eye, point in Go)

What could the "kou" be?

Bob McGuigan: The term is Japanese. Mu is 無 (negation) and kou is 劫 . In Japanese the vowel is elongated as in kou even though it is usually spelled ko in western languages. By the way, one of the meanings of the kanji 劫 (kou) is "threat".


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