と金

Japanese
Kanji in this term
金
きん
Grade: 1
kan’on

Etymology

From the resemblance of the shorthand cursive version of the character 金 (kin), displayed on the back of the piece, to the hiragana letter と (to).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

Noun

と金(きん) • (tokin) 

  1. (shogi) a promoted 歩兵 (fuhyō, “foot soldier”), with movement the same as a 金将 (kinshō, “gold general”)
    Synonyms: と (to), 成歩 (nari-fu)

Descendants
  • → English: tokin

See also
Shogi pieces (将棋の駒)
Unpromoted
(生駒)		 name 王将
玉将		 金将 銀将 桂馬 香車 飛車 角行 歩兵
abbr. 王
玉		 金 銀 桂 香 飛 角 歩
Promoted
(成駒)		 name - - 成銀 成桂 成香 竜王 竜馬 と金, 成歩
abbr. - - 全* 圭* 杏* 竜 馬 と, 止
*These 3 abbreviations are only used as a typographical convention. They are pronounced the same as their full names.

References
  1. “と金”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  4. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  5. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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