王手

Japanese

Kanji in this term
おう
Grade: 1

Grade: 1
jūbakoyomi

Noun

王手 (hiragana おうて, rōmaji ōte)

  1. (shogi, chess) check (move threatening the king, or announcement of this threat)
  2. having the opponent within one's grasp

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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