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Some older posts discussing how it can be shortened to just 碁

[Poll] Thoughts on an English Title for Go (Weiqi/圍棋)

That’s Chinese, not Japanese Yes, they do just use 碁 (go) to mean the game go. Source: the club I went to in Osaka: [image] Note they use 囲碁 frequently, such as on the sign on the lamppost, since words with a single mora are short and often have many other meanings as well (in case of go, it also can mean: language, five, a honorific prefix, a prefix meaning mistake and countless pronounciations of kanji in compound words). If you’re not convinced, it literally states on the intro of the Japa…

Should we give a nickname to OGS?

Both 囲碁 and 碁 can be used. The former is more common, but the second isn’t uncommon, and is almost always the term used in compound words (e.g. in goban 碁盤).

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@stone.defender

囲碁 - Wikipedia

As pointed out by @Vsotvep:

@Vsotvep

If you’re not convinced, it literally states on the intro of the Japanese Wikipedia page that 「 単に碁（ご）とも呼ばれる」(translated: it is also called simply go)