棋
qí · HSK 7
chess
♟️ 木 wood + 其 (qí sound) = the wooden board game, chess or Go
The 木 radical marks it as a wooden thing — old board-game pieces and boards were carved from wood. The 其 component on the right carries the qí sound. Covers chess, Go, and similar board games.
棋 — wood 木 + its 其 (phonetic)
棋 is a semantic-phonetic compound. The wood radical 木 indicates the material, since traditional board game pieces were carved from wood, while 其 (qí) supplies the sound. It originally referred to chess or weiqi pieces and now means chess or board games generally.