Go terms

Go terms are terms in Go, technical terms likely to be met in books and articles about go in English, and in other languages also. Although Go probably originated in China, the current technical vocabulary contains a high proportion of terms from the Japanese language. Many of them are from a jargon, used for technical go writing and to some extent specially developed for go journalism; in some cases the technical meaning of a word may differ from a dictionary meaning coming from ordinary usage.

Board positions

NB The go conventions that the corner points of the board are called (1, 1) points; and lines are counted in from the edge.

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• Hoshi: see Star
• Komoku: a (4, 3) or (3, 4) point in an empty corner; meaning "little point" in Japanese
• Mokuhazushi: a (3, 5) or (5, 3) point in an empty corner; meaning something like "separated point" in Japanese
• Sansan: a (3, 3) point in an empty corner; meaning "3, 3" in japanese
• Star: a (4, 4) point in an empty corner, or also a (4,10) point on one of the sides. The star points are traditionally marked with a small dot on the board.
• Tengen: the (10,10) point at the centre of the 19×19 go board — this is also a marked star point.