xiangqi

chess variant native to China
CreativeWork chess_variant Q191448
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xiangqi

Summary

xiangqi is a chess variant[1]. xiangqi ranks in the top 3% of chess_variant entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (19,283 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • xiangqi's instance of is recorded as chess variant[3].
  • xiangqi's instance of is recorded as board game[4].
  • xiangqi's instance of is recorded as two-player game[5].
  • xiangqi's instance of is recorded as hobby[6].
  • xiangqi is a type of mind sport[7].
  • xiangqi is a type of chess[8].
  • xiangqi's Commons category is recorded as Xiangqi[9].
  • xiangqi's country of origin is recorded as People's Republic of China[10].
  • xiangqi's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Xiangqi[11].
  • xiangqi's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://chess.stackexchange.com/tags/xiangqi[12].
  • xiangqi's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'zh-tw', 'text': '象棋'}[13].
  • xiangqi's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'yue', 'text': '象棋'}[14].
  • xiangqi's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'wuu', 'text': '象棋'}[15].
  • xiangqi's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'nan-latn-pehoeji', 'text': 'chhiūⁿ-kî'}[16].
  • xiangqi's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'cdo', 'text': 'chiông-gì'}[17].
  • xiangqi's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'hak', 'text': 'siong-khì'}[18].
  • xiangqi's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'vi', 'text': 'cờ tướng'}[19].
  • xiangqi's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'nan-hant', 'text': '象棋'}[20].
  • xiangqi's minimum number of players is recorded as {'amount': '+2'}[21].
  • xiangqi's maximum number of players is recorded as {'amount': '+2'}[22].
  • xiangqi's permanent duplicated item is recorded as Q22828553[23].
  • xiangqi's practiced by is recorded as xiangqi player[24].
  • xiangqi's derivative work is recorded as simplified mahjong[25].
  • xiangqi's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[26].
  • xiangqi's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[27].

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Cultural Impact

Things named for xiangqi include Lingqijing[28], a literary work[29].

Why It Matters

xiangqi ranks in the top 3% of chess_variant entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (19,283 views/month).[2] xiangqi has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] xiangqi is known by 79 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

Entities named for xiangqi include Lingqijing[28], a literary work[29].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . chessvariants.org. chessvariants.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'ast', 'az', 'ca', 'cdo', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'eo', 'es',
    Gnd id → 4113216-6
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/56529|batch #56529]]: Import GNDs from dewiki"
  2. 13w ago · Marcandre.lureau · 2026-07-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14579 → 18006
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P14579]]: 18006, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1782979813528"
  3. 18w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Practiced by → xiangqi player
    Minimum number of players → {'amount': '+2'}
    Country of origin → —
    Derivative work → simplified mahjong
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007285773005171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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