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Does the character for "go" mean "developing stone"? [#1167]

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BobMyers: Does the character for "go" mean "developing stone"? (2007-10-18 19:16) [#3959]

Someone wrote on this page:

其 means "develope" sic?; so, 碁 have a meaning "developing stone".

I don't think this is true, although I don't know the precise etymology of this character. My sense is that 其 was taken from the 棋 character where it has a phonetic meaning.

 
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