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Ranma
May 13, 2003, 07:11
What is the Kanji for the word "knight"? :p
NANGI
May 13, 2003, 09:58
Konnichiwa Ranma-san!

"knight" is a "Kishi" in Japanese.:note:

NANGI
Ranma
May 14, 2003, 13:37
Arigatou, Nangi-san. I wasn't quite sure.:bow:
kazuma
May 20, 2003, 23:46
Same word in Chinese too.
Fritz The Cat
May 26, 2003, 23:21
By "knight", you mean the guy in shining armor?
Ranma
Jan 29, 2004, 07:33
Originally posted by Fritz The Cat
By "knight", you mean the guy in shining armor?
Yes. The characters in the manga are modern Knights in training.
Hachiko
Jan 31, 2004, 02:09
Of course, if you're talking shogi, Keima is Japanaese for "knight." :)
MShingen
Feb 2, 2004, 14:19
Knight can also be written as ƒiƒCƒg in Katakana. Not necessary must use the kanji characters.