Etymology

chu shogi

Today it means: A Japanese board game, a form of shogi (Japanese chess) played on a 12×12 board. Full definition →

Japanese 中将棋
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  1. Japanese · borrowed from中将棋
  2. English todaychu shogi

Borrowed from Japanese 中将棋 (chū shōgi, literally “middle shogi”), so named for being between 小将棋 (shō shōgi, literally “small shogi”) (9×9) and 大将棋 (dai shōgi, literally “large shogi”) (15×15) in size.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.