baduk

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An ancient Chinese board game, today also popular in Japan and Korea, played with 181 black stones and 180 white ones, typically on a board of 19 × 19 squares.

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nounbaduk (uncountable)

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  1. uncountableAn ancient Chinese board game, today also popular in Japan and Korea, played with 181 black stones and 180 white ones, typically on a board of 19 × 19 squares.

    Synonyms: go, weiqi

Baduk2

nounBaduk (uncountable)
  1. uncountableAlternative letter-case form of baduk.

    (2010 MAY 31) Seoul National University Medical Research Center: White matter neuroplastic changes in long-term trained players of the game of “Baduk” (GO): a voxel-based diffusion-tensor imaging study New investigation results, 'White ...

    2012, Advances in Physiology Research and Application: 2011 Edition, ScholarlyEditions, →ISBN
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    It is speculated that brain regions showing differences in nodal centralities are important contributors in Baduk expertise, and may facilitate efficient exchange of information. In this context, our findings are consistent with the RPD model ...

    2015, Merim Bilalić, Robert Langner, Guillermo Campitelli, Luca Turella, Wolfgang Grodd, Neural Implementations of Expertise, Frontiers Media SA, →ISBN, page 32

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nounAn ancient Chinese board game, today also popular in Japan and Korea, played with 181 black stones and 180 white ones, typically on a board of 19 × 19 squares.

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Transliteration of Korean 바둑 (baduk).

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baduk. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/baduk

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