Metaphorical Names for the Game of Go

This page lists names for the game of go that are metaphorical in nature.

(Chinese/Japanese)

• -/Kicchuu no tanoshimi: "Pleasure in an orange", 橘中之楽
• Shou tan/shudan: "hand talk", 手談
• Lanke/ranka: "rotted axe handle", 爛柯 (see Rankado Kiwa)
• -/uro: "(black) crow and (white) heron", 烏鷺
• -/houen: "square (board) and circle (stones)", 方円 (see Hoensha and Hoen Shinpo)
• -/zain: "sitting hermits", 坐隠 (see Zain Danso)
• Wangyou/bouyuu: "forgetting worries" 忘憂 (see Wangyou Qingle Ji)

See also

• Etymology of Go