Taikyoku shogi

Rules of the game

Objective

Game equipment

Setup

Game play

Movement and capture

Categories of movement

Step movers

Limited ranging pieces

Jumping pieces

Ranging pieces

Hook moves (changing tack)

Area movers

Limited range jumping pieces

Range jumping (flying) pieces

Range capturing pieces

1. King, prince
2. Great general
3. Vice general
4. Rook general, bishop general, violent dragon, flying crocodile

   Individual pieces

• Step: The pawn can move one square orthogonally forward.

• Step: The earth general and go between can move one square orthogonally forward or backward.
• They have the same range of movement but promote differently.

• Step: The stone general can move one square diagonally forward.

• Step: The iron general and dog can move one square forward, orthogonally or diagonally.
• They have the same range of movement but promote differently.

• Step: The swooping owl and old rat can move one square orthogonally forward or diagonally backward.
• They have the same range of movement but promote differently.

• Step: The strutting crow can move one square orthogonally forward or diagonally backward.

• Step: The tile general and sword soldier can move one square diagonally forward or orthogonally backward.
• They have the same range of movement but promote differently.

• Step: The copper general can move one square orthogonally forward or backward; or
• *diagonally forward.

• Step: The flying goose can move one square orthogonally forward or backward; or diagonally forward.

• Step: The climbing monkey can move one square orthogonally forward or backward; or diagonally forward.

• Step: The reclining dragon can move one square in the four orthogonal directions.

• Step: The coiled serpent can move one square orthogonally forward or backward; or diagonally backward.

• Step: The flying cock can move one square orthogonally sideways or diagonally forward.

• Step: The cat sword can move one square in the four diagonal directions.

• Step: The evil wolf can move one square orthogonally sideways or forward; or diagonally forward.

• Step: The silver general and violent stag can move one square in the four diagonal directions; or
• *One square orthogonally forward, giving them five possibilities.
• They have the same range of movement but promote differently.

• Step: The blind dog and Chinese cock can move one square orthogonally backward or sideways.
• Step: They can move one square diagonally forward.
• They have the same range of movement but promote differently.

• Step: The old monkey can move one square in the four diagonal directions or orthogonally backward.

• Step: The gold general and violent wolf can step one square in the four orthogonal directions or diagonally forward, giving them six possibilities.
• They cannot move diagonally backward.
• The pieces have the same range of movement but promote differently.

• Step: The ferocious leopard can move one square in the four diagonal directions; or orthogonally forward or backward.

• Step: The blind monkey can move one square in the four diagonal directions or orthogonally sideways.

• Step: The blind bear can move one square in the four diagonal directions or orthogonally sideways.

• Step: The drunken elephant and neighboring king can move one square in any direction, orthogonal or diagonal, except orthogonally backward.
• They have the same range of movement but promote differently.

• Step: The rushing boar can move one square orthogonally forward, sideways or in the four diagonal directions.

• Step: The Deva can move one square in any direction orthogonally or diagonally, except diagonally forward to the right.

• Step: The dark spirit can move one square in any direction orthogonally or diagonally, except diagonally forward to the left.

• Step: The blind tiger can move one square in any direction, orthogonal or diagonal, except orthogonally forward.

• Step: The prince, left general, and right general can step one square in any direction, orthogonal or diagonal.
• A prince may move into check.
• The pieces have the same range of movement but promote differently.

• Step: The bear's eyes and venomous wolf move as a prince.

• Limited range: The wood general can move one or two squares diagonally forward.

• Limited range: The donkey and enchanted badger can move one or two squares in the four orthogonal directions.
• Their range of movement and promotions are the same.

• Limited range: The flying horse can move one or two squares in the four diagonal directions.

• Limited range: The beast cadet can move one or two squares orthogonally forward, sideways or in the four diagonal directions.

• Limited range: The king, fragrant elephant and white elephant can move one or two squares in any direction, orthogonal or diagonal.
• The king may move into check.
• The elephants have the same promotion.

• Step: The rushing bird can move one square orthogonally sideways or in the four diagonal directions.
• Limited range: It can move one or two squares orthogonally forward.

• Step: The angry boar can move one square orthogonally forward or sideways; or
• Limited range: It can move one or two squares diagonally forward.

• Limited range: The violent bear can move one or two squares diagonally forward.
• Step: It can move one square orthogonally sideways.
• Step: One version of the game has the violent bear moving one square orthogonally forward; another version has it moving one square diagonally backward.

• Limited range: The eastern barbarian and western barbarian can move one or two squares orthogonally forward or backward.
• Step: They can move one square orthogonally sideways or diagonally forward.
• They have the same range of movement but promote differently.

• Limited range: The northern barbarian and southern barbarian can move one or two squares orthogonally sideways.
• Step: They can move one square orthogonally forward or backward or diagonally forward.
• They have the same range of movement but promote differently.

• Limited range: The prancing stag can move one or two squares orthogonally sideways.
• Step: It can move one square orthogonally forward, backward or diagonally forward.

• Step: The poisonous snake can move one square orthogonally backward or diagonally forward.
• Limited range: It can moves one or two squares orthogonally forward or sideways.

• Limited range: The old kite can move one or two squares in the four diagonal directions; or
• Step: It can move one square orthogonally sideways.

• Limited range: The fierce eagle can move one or two squares in the four diagonal directions.
• Step: It can move one square orthogonally forward or sideways.

• Limited range: The guardian of the Gods can move one to three squares in the four orthogonal directions.

• Limited range: The wrestler can move one to three squares in the four diagonal directions.

• Limited range: The captive cadet can move one to three squares orthogonally forward or sideways, or in the four diagonal directions.

• Step: The horse general and ox general can move one square orthogonally backward or diagonally forward.
• Limited range: They can move one to three squares orthogonally forward.
• These pieces and their promotions have the same range of motion.

• Step: The fire general can move one square diagonally forward.
• Limited range: It can move one to three squares orthogonally forward or backward.

• Step: The water general and mountain general can move one square orthogonally forward or backward.
• Limited range: They can move one to three squares diagonally forward.
• They have the same range of movement but promote differently.

• Limited range: The Buddhist devil can move one to three squares diagonally forward.
• Step: It can move one square orthogonally sideways or backward.

• Step: The wind general and river general can move one square orthogonally backward or diagonally forward.
• Limited range: They can move one to three squares orthogonally forward.
• They have the same range of movement but promote differently.

• Step: The yaksha can move one square orthogonally backward or diagonally forward.
• Limited range: It can move one to three squares orthogonally sideways.

• Step: The sword general can move one square orthogonally backward.
• Limited range: It can move one to three squares forward, orthogonally or diagonally.

• Limited range: The captive officer can move one or two squares orthogonally forward or sideways; or
• Limited range: It can move one to three squares in the four diagonal directions

• Limited range: The beast officer can move one or two squares orthogonally sideways.
• Limited range: It can move one to three squares orthogonally forward or in the four diagonal directions.

• Limited range: The Heavenly Tetrarch can move one to four squares in any direction, orthogonal or diagonal.

• Step: The chicken general and pup general can move one square diagonally backward.
• Limited range: They can move one to four squares orthogonally forward.
• They have the same range of movement but promote differently.

• Limited range: The pig general can move one or two squares orthogonally backward; or
• Limited range: It can move one to four squares diagonally forward.

• Step: The mountain stag can move one square orthogonally forward.
• Limited range: It can move one or two squares orthogonally sideways.
• Limited range: It can move one to three squares diagonally forward.
• Limited range: It can move one to four squares orthogonally backward.

• Limited range: The leopard king can move one to five squares in any direction, orthogonal or diagonal.

• Step: The turtle dove can move one square orthogonally backward or sideways.
• Limited range: It can move one to five squares diagonally forward.

• Step: The cross-bow soldier can move one square orthogonally backward.
• Limited range: It can move one to three squares orthogonally sideways or diagonally forward.
• Limited range: It can move one to five squares orthogonally forward.

• Step: The burning soldier can move one square orthogonally backward.
• Limited range: It can move one to three squares orthogonally sideways.
• Limited range: It can move one to five squares diagonally forward.
• Limited range: It can move one to seven squares orthogonally forward.

• Ranging: The lance, oxcart and savage tiger can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally forward.
• They have the same range of movement but promote differently.

• Ranging: The reverse chariot can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally forward or backward.

• Ranging: The side dragon can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally forward or sideways.

• Range: The mountain witch can move any number of free squares in a straight line backward, orthogonally or diagonally.
• When it reaches the first rank, it must stay there until captured.

• Ranging: The white horse can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally forward or backward.
• Ranging: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line diagonally forward.

• Range: The bird of paradise and multi general move as a white horse.

• Ranging: The rook, soldier, running chariot and square mover can move any number of free squares in a straight line in the four orthogonal directions.
• They have the same range of motion but promote differently.

• Range: The gliding swallow moves as a rook.

• Range: The free serpent and coiled dragon can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally forward, backward, or diagonally backward.

• Ranging: The whale can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally forward or backward; or diagonally backward.

• Ranging: A bishop can move any number of free squares in a straight line in the four diagonal directions.

• Range: The free wolf can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally forward, sideways or diagonally forward.

• Range: The running leopard can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally forward, sideways or diagonally forward.

• Range: The wizard stork can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally sideways, backward or diagonally forward.

• Ranging: The flying ox can move any number of free squares in a straight line in the four diagonal directions.
• It can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally forward or backward.

• Range: The free bear, free leopard and great whale move as a flying ox.

• Ranging: The treacherous fox can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally forward or backward, or in the four diagonal directions.
• Jump: One version of the game allows it to jump to the second or third square in those directions then move, another does not.

• Range: The cavalier and strong chariot can move any number of free squares in a straight line diagonally forward or in the four orthogonal directions.

• Range: The free dragon and free tiger can move any number of free squares in a straight line in any direction, orthogonal or diagonal, except orthogonally forward.

• Ranging: The queen can move any number of free squares in a straight line in any direction, orthogonal or diagonal.

• Range: The free stag and strong eagle move as a queen.

• Step: The howling dog can move one square orthogonally backward.
• Ranging: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally forward.
• The left and right howling dogs have the same range of motion but promote differently.

• Step: The vertical horse can move one square diagonally forward or orthogonally backward.
• Ranging: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally forward.

• Step: The spear soldier can move one square orthogonally backward or sideways.
• Ranging: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally forward.

• Step: The vertical pup can move one square backward, orthogonally or diagonally.
• Ranging: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally forward.

• Step: The raiding falcon can move one square diagonally forward.
• Step: The raiding falcon can move one square orthogonally sideways.
• Range: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally forward.

• Step: The right iron chariot can move one square in the four orthogonal directions.
• Range: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line diagonally backward to the left.

• Step: The left iron chariot can move one square in the four orthogonal directions.
• Range: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line diagonally backward to the right.

• Step: The vertical leopard can move one square orthogonally backward, sideways or diagonally forward.
• Ranging: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally forward.

• Step: The right dog can move one square orthogonally backward.
• Range: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally forward or diagonally backward to the left.

• Step: The left dog can move one square orthogonally backward.
• Range: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally forward or diagonally backward to the right.

• Ranging: The ram's-head soldier can move any number of free squares in a straight line diagonally forward.
• Step: It can move one square orthogonally backward.

• Step: The flying swallow can move one square orthogonally backward.
• Ranging: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line diagonally forward.

• Step: The wood chariot can move one square diagonally forward to the left or diagonally backward to the right.
• Ranging: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally forward or backward.

• Step: The tile chariot can move one square diagonally forward to the right or diagonally backward to the left.
• Ranging: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally forward or backward.

• Step/range: The running boar moves as an earth chariot or vertical mover.

• Step: The running pup and running serpent can move one square orthogonally sideways.
• Ranging: They can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally forward or backward.
• They have the same range of movement but promote differently.

• Step: The earth chariot can move one square orthogonally sideways.
• Ranging: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally forward or backward.

• Ranging: The vertical mover can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally forward or backward.
• Step: It can move one square orthogonally sideways.

• Step: The violent ox can move one square orthogonally forward or backward.
• Ranging: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line diagonally forward.

• Step: The side wolf can move one square diagonally forward to the left or diagonally backward to the right.
• Ranging: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally sideways.

• Step: The side ox can move one square diagonally forward to the right or diagonally backward to the left.
• Ranging: It can move any number of squares orthogonally sideways.

• Ranging: The side mover can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally sideways.
• Step: It can move one square orthogonally forward or backward.

• Step: The side monkey can move one square diagonally forward or orthogonally backward.
• Ranging: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally sideways.

• Step: The divine sparrow can move one square diagonally forward to the left or in the four orthogonal directions.
• Range: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line diagonally backward or forward to the left.

• Step: The plodding ox can move one square in the four diagonal directions.
• Range: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally forward or backward.

• Step: The Swallow's wings can move one square orthogonally forward or backward.
• Ranging: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally sideways.

• Step: The side flyer can move one square in the four diagonal directions; or
• Ranging: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally sideways.

• Step: The flying stag and copper elephant can move one square orthogonally sideways or in the four diagonal directions.
• Range: They can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally forward or backward.

• Step: The vermilion sparrow can move one square in the four orthogonal directions, or diagonally forward to the right or diagonally backward to the left.
• Ranging: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line diagonally forward to the left or diagonally backward to the right.

• Ranging: The turtle-snake can move any number of free squares in a straight line diagonally forward to the right or backward to the left.
• Step: It can move one square in any of the remaining directions.

• Step: The side boar can move one square orthogonally forward or backward; or in the four diagonal directions.
• Ranging: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally sideways.

• Ranging: The left chariot can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally forward.
• Ranging: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line diagonally forward to the left.
• Ranging: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line diagonally backward to the right.
• Step: It can move one square orthogonally left.

• Ranging: The right chariot can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally forward.
• Ranging: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line diagonally forward to the right.
• Ranging: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line diagonally backward to the left.
• Step: It can move one square orthogonally right.

• Step: The great tiger can move one square orthogonally forward.
• Range: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally sideways or backward.

• Step: The right tiger can move one square diagonally right.
• Ranging: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally left or diagonally left.

• Step: The left tiger can move one square diagonally left.
• Ranging: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally right or diagonally right.

• Step: The great bear can move one square orthogonally sideways or backward.
• Range: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line forward, orthogonally or diagonally.

• Step: The running rabbit can move one square orthogonally or diagonally backward.
• Ranging: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally or diagonally forward.

• Step: The left army can move one square orthogonally forward, backward, right or diagonally right.
• Range: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line left, orthogonally or diagonally.

• Step: The right army can move one square orthogonally forward, backward, left or diagonally left.
• Range: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line right, orthogonally or diagonally.

• Step: The divine turtle can move one square diagonally forward to the left or in the four orthogonal directions.
• Range: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line along either rear diagonal, or diagonally forward to the right.

• Step: The running wolf can move one square orthogonally forward.
• Ranging: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally sideways or diagonally forward.

• Step: The flying falcon can move one square orthogonally forward.
• Range: It can move any number of squares in the four diagonal directions.

• Step: The burning chariot can move one square orthogonally sideways.
• Range: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally forward, backward or diagonally forward.

• Ranging: A dragon king can move any number of free squares in a straight line in the four orthogonal directions.
• Step: It can move one square in the four diagonal directions.

• Ranging: A dragon horse can move any number of free squares in a straight line in the four diagonal directions.
• Step: It can move one square in the four orthogonal directions.

• Step: The free boar can move one square orthogonally backward.
• Range: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally forward, sideways or diagonally forward.

• Step: The wind dragon can move one square diagonally backward to the left.
• Ranging: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally sideways, diagonally forward or diagonally backward to the right.

• Step: The cloud dragon can move one square orthogonally forward or sideways.
• Ranging: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally backward or in the four diagonal directions.

• Step: The rain dragon can move one square orthogonally or diagonally forward.
• Ranging: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally sideways or backward; or diagonally backward.

• Step: The fire ox and violent wind can move one square orthogonally sideways.
• Range: They can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally backward, forward or in the four diagonal directions.

• Step: The Chinese river can move one square orthogonally forward or backward.
• Range: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally sideways or in the four diagonal directions.

• Limited range: The vertical tiger can move one or two squares orthogonally backward.
• Ranging: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally forward.

• Limited range: The wind snapping turtle can move one or two squares diagonally forward.
• Range: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally forward or backward.

• Limited range/range: The running tile moves as a running tiger or running bear.

• Limited range: The running tiger and running bear can move one or two squares orthogonally sideways.
• Ranging: They can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally forward or backward.
• They have the same range of movement but promote differently.

• Ranging: The golden deer can move any number of free squares in a straight line diagonally forward.
• Limited range: It can move one or two squares diagonally backward.

• Limited range: The silver rabbit can move one or two squares diagonally forward.
• Ranging: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line diagonally backward.

• Limited range: The walking heron can move one or two squares orthogonally sideways or diagonally forward.
• Range: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally forward or backward.

• Limited range: The young bird can move one or two squares orthogonally sideways or diagonally backward.
• Range: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally forward or backward.

• Limited range: The right dragon can move one or two squares orthogonally right.
• Ranging: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally left or diagonally left.

• Limited range: The left dragon can move one or two squares orthogonally left.
• Ranging: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally right or diagonally right.

• Ranging: The blue dragon can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally forward or backward, or diagonally forward to the right.
• Limited range: It can move one or two squares orthogonally sideways.

• Ranging: The white tiger can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally sideways, or diagonally forward to the left.
• Limited range: It can move one or two squares orthogonally forward or backward.

• Limited range: The divine tiger can move one or two squares orthogonally backward.
• Range: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally forward, sideways, or diagonally forward to the left.

• Limited range: The divine dragon can move one or two squares orthogonally left.
• Range: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally forward, right, backward or diagonally forward to the right.

• Limited range: The running stag can move one or two squares orthogonally backward.
• Ranging: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally sideways or diagonally forward.

• Limited range: The rear standard can move one or two squares diagonally.
• Ranging: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally

• Limited range: The ceramic dove can move one or two squares in the four orthogonal directions.
• Ranging: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line in the four diagonal directions

• Limited range/range: The elephant king moves as a ceramic dove.

• Limited range: The woodland demon can move one or two squares orthogonally sideways or backward.
• Ranging: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally forward or backward, or diagonally forward.

• Limited range/range: The free chicken moves as a woodland demon.

• Limited range: The horseman can move one or two squares orthogonally sideways.
• Ranging: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally forward or backward, or diagonally forward.

• Limited range/range: The great horse moves as a horseman.

• Limited range: The free dog can move one or two squares orthogonally sideways or diagonally backward.
• Range: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally forward, backward or diagonally forward.

• Limited range: The running ox can move one or two squares diagonally backward.
• Range: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally forward, sideways or diagonally forward.

• Limited range: The chariot soldier can move one or two squares orthogonally sideways.
• Ranging: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally forward, orthogonally backward or in the four diagonal directions.

• Limited range: The fire demon can move one or two squares orthogonally forward or backward.
• Ranging: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally sideways or in the four diagonal directions.

• Ranging: The water buffalo can move any number of free squares in a straight line in the four diagonal directions.
• Ranging: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally sideways.
• Limited range: It can move one or two squares orthogonally forward or backward.

• Limited range: The strong bear can move one or two squares orthogonally backward.
• Ranging: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally forward, sideways or in the four diagonal directions.

• Step: The liberated horse can move one square diagonally forward.
• Limited range: It can move one or two squares orthogonally backward.
• Ranging: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally forward.

• Step: The vertical bear can move one square orthogonally backward.
• Limited range: It can move one or two squares orthogonally sideways.
• Ranging: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally forward.

• Step: The vertical soldier can move one square orthogonally backward.
• Limited range: It can move one or two squares orthogonally sideways.
• Ranging: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally forward.

• Step: The tiger soldier can move one square orthogonally backward.
• Limited range: It can move one or two squares orthogonally forward.
• Range: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line diagonally forward.

• Step: The earth dragon can move one square orthogonally forward or diagonally backward.
• Limited range: It can move one or two squares in the four diagonal directions.
• Ranging: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line diagonally backward.

• Step: The earth dragon can move one square orthogonally backward or diagonally forward.
• Limited range: It can move one or two squares orthogonally forward.
• Ranging: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line diagonally backward.

• Step: The silver chariot can move one square diagonally backward.
• Limited range: It can move one or two squares diagonally forward.
• Ranging: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally forward or backward.

• Step: The stone chariot can move one square diagonally forward.
• Limited range: It can move one or two squares orthogonally sideways.
• Ranging: It can move any number of squares orthogonally forward or backward.

• Step: The side soldier can move one square orthogonally backward.
• Limited range: It can move one or two squares orthogonally forward.
• Ranging: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally sideways.

• Step: The gold chariot can move one square in the four diagonal directions.
• Limited range: It can move one or two squares orthogonally sideways.
• Ranging: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally forward or backward.

• Step: The boar soldier, leopard soldier and bear soldier can move one square orthogonally backward.
• Limited range: They can move one or two squares orthogonally sideways.
• Ranging: They can move any number of free squares in a straight line forward, orthogonally or diagonally.

• Step: The free pup can move one square diagonally backward.
• Limited range: It can move one or two squares orthogonally sideways.
• Ranging: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally forward or backward; or diagonally forward.

• Step/limited range/range: The free ox, free horse and free pig move as a free pup.

• Step: The little standard can move one square diagonally backward.
• Limited range: It can move one or two squares diagonally forward.
• Ranging: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line in the four orthogonal directions.

• Limited range: The copper chariot can move one to three squares diagonally forward.
• Ranging: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally forward or backward.

• Limited range: The forest demon can move one to three squares orthogonally forward or sideways.
• Ranging: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally backward or diagonally forward.

• Limited range: The great dragon can move one to three squares orthogonally forward or backward.
• Ranging: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line in the four diagonal directions.

• Limited range: The center standard and front standard can move one to three squares in the four diagonal directions.
• Ranging: They can move any number of free squares in a straight line in the four orthogonal directions.
• They have the same range of movement but promote differently. Uniquely, when a center standard promotes to a front standard, it gains no new abilities.

• Limited range: The great dove can move one to three squares in the four orthogonal directions.
• Ranging: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line in the four diagonal directions.

• Limited range: The great standard can move one to three squares diagonally backward.
• Ranging: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line diagonally forward or in the four orthogonal directions.

• Step: The vertical wolf can move one square orthogonally sideways.
• Limited range: It can move one to three squares orthogonally backward.
• Ranging: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally forward.

• Step: The side serpent can move one square orthogonally backward.
• Limited range: It can move one to three squares orthogonally forward.
• Ranging: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally sideways.

• Step: The cloud eagle can move one square orthogonally sideways.
• Limited range: It can move one to three squares diagonally forward.
• Ranging: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally forward or backward.

• Step: The goose wing can move one square in the four diagonal directions.
• Limited range: It can move one, two or three squares orthogonally sideways.
• Range: It can move any number of squares orthogonally forward or backward.

• Step: The horse soldier and ox soldier can move one square orthogonally backward.
• Limited range: They can move one to three squares orthogonally sideways.
• Ranging: They can move any number of free squares in a straight line forward, orthogonally or diagonally.
• They have the same range of movement but promote differently.

• Limited range: The spear general can move one or two squares orthogonally backward.
• Limited range: It can move one, two or three squares orthogonally sideways.
• Range: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally forward.

• Limited range: The burning general can move one or two squares orthogonally backward.
• Limited range: It can move one to three squares orthogonally sideways.
• Range: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line forward, orthogonally or diagonally.

• Limited range: The beast bird and captive bird can move one or two squares orthogonally backward.
• Limited range: They can move one to three squares orthogonally sideways.
• Range: They can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally forward or in the four diagonal directions.

• Step: The longbow soldier can move one square orthogonally backward.
• Limited range: It can move one or two squares orthogonally sideways.
• Limited range: It can move one, two or three squares diagonally forward.
• Ranging: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally forward.

• Step: The great leopard can move one square orthogonally backward.
• Limited range: It can move one or two squares orthogonally sideways.
• Limited range: It can move one to three squares diagonally forward.
• Range: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally forward.

• Limited range: The thunder runner can move one to four squares orthogonally sideways or backward.
• Range: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line forward, orthogonally or diagonally.

• Limited range: The fire dragon can move one or two squares diagonally backward.
• Limited range: It can move one to four squares diagonally forward.
• Ranging: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line in the four orthogonal directions.

• Limited range: The water dragon can move one or two squares diagonally forward.
• Limited range: It can move one to four squares diagonally backward.
• Ranging: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line in the four orthogonal directions.

• Limited range: The longbow general can move one to five squares orthogonally sideways.
• Range: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally forward, backward or diagonally forward.

• Limited range: The right phoenix can move one to five squares orthogonally sideways.
• Range: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line in the four diagonal directions.

• Limited range: The peaceful mountain can move one to five squares orthogonally forward or sideways.
• Range: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line in the four diagonal directions.

• Limited range: The free demon can move one to five squares orthogonally backward.
• Ranging: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line in the four diagonal directions or orthogonally right.

• Limited range: The free demon can move one to five squares orthogonally forward or backward.
• Ranging: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line in the four diagonal directions or orthogonally sideways.

• Ranging: The free dream-eater can move any number of free squares in a straight line in the four diagonal directions.
• Ranging: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally forward or backward.
• Limited range: It can move one to five squares orthogonally sideways.

• Limited range: The free fire can move one to five squares orthogonally forward or backward.
• Range: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally sideways or in the four diagonal directions.

• Limited range: The running dragon can move one to five squares orthogonally backward.
• Range: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally forward, sideways or in the four diagonal directions.

• Limited range: The shark can move one or two squares diagonally backward.
• Limited range: It can move one to five squares diagonally forward.
• Range: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line in the four orthogonal directions.

• Limited range: The cross-bow general can move one or two squares orthogonally backward.
• Limited range: It can move one to three squares orthogonally sideways.
• Limited range: It can move one to five squares diagonally forward.
• Range: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally forward.

• Limited range: The playful cockatoo can move one or two squares diagonally backward.
• Limited range: It can move one to three squares diagonally forward.
• Limited range: It can move one to five squares orthogonally sideways.
• Range: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally forward or backward.

• Jump: A knight jumps at an angle intermediate between orthogonal and diagonal, amounting to one square forward plus one square diagonally forward, in a single motion. That is, it has a choice of two forward destinations.
• The knight ignores intervening pieces on the way to its destination, though its destination square must of course be either empty, or occupied by an opponent's piece, just as with any other moving piece.

• Jump: The flying dragon can jump to the second square in the four diagonal directions.
• Because it cannot move orthogonally or to every diagonal square, a flying dragon can only reach one quarter the squares on the board.

• Step: A Kirin can move one square orthogonally forward or backward, or in the four diagonal directions.
• Jump: It can jump to the second square orthogonally sideways.

• Step: The phoenix can move one square in the four orthogonal directions.
• Jump: It can jump to the second square in the four diagonal directions.

• Step: The flying cat can move one square orthogonally backward or diagonally backward.
• Jump: It can jump to the third square orthogonally forward or sideways, or diagonally forward.

• Step: The running horse can move one square orthogonally backward.
• Ranging: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally or diagonally forward.
• Jump: It can jump to the second square diagonally backwards

• Limited range: The mountain falcon can move one or two squares diagonally backward.
• Jump: It can jump to the second square orthogonally forward.
• Ranging: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line in the four orthogonal directions or diagonally forward.

• Limited range: The little turtle can move one or two squares orthogonally sideways.
• Jump: It can jump to the second square orthogonally forward or backward.
• Ranging: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally forward or backward, or in the four diagonal directions.

• Limited range: The great stag can move one or two squares diagonally backward.
• Jump: It can jump to the second square diagonally forward.
• Ranging: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line in the four orthogonal directions.

• Limited range: The left mountain eagle can move one or two squares diagonally backward to the right.
• Jump: It can jump to the second square along either left diagonal.
• Ranging: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line diagonally left, diagonally forward to the right, or in the four orthogonal directions.

• Limited range: The right mountain eagle can move one or two squares diagonally backward to the left.
• Jump: It can jump to the second square along either right diagonal.
• Ranging: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line diagonally right, diagonally forward to the left, or in the four orthogonal directions.

• Limited range: The Kirin master can move one to three squares orthogonally sideways.
• Range: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line diagonally or orthogonally forward or backward.
• Jump: It can jump to the third square orthogonally forward or backward.

• Limited range: The great turtle can move one to three squares orthogonally sideways.
• Jump: It can jump to the third square orthogonally forward or backward.
• Ranging: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally forward or backward, or in the four diagonal directions.

• Limited range: The phoenix master can move one to three squares orthogonally sideways.
• Range: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line diagonally or orthogonally forward or backward.
• Jump: It can jump to the third square diagonally forward.

• Limited range: The great master can move one to five squares orthogonally sideways or diagonally backward.
• Jump: It can jump to the third square forward, orthogonally or diagonally.
• Ranging: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line forward, orthogonally or diagonally, or orthogonally backward.

• Ranging: The horned falcon can move as a queen.
• Jump: It can jump to the second square orthogonally forward.

• Jump: The soaring eagle can jump to the second square diagonally forward.
• Ranging: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line in any direction, orthogonally or diagonally.

• Limited range: The roaring dog can move one to three squares diagonally backward.
• Jump: It can jump to the third square diagonally forward or in the four orthogonal directions.
• Ranging: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line diagonally forward or in the four orthogonal directions.

• Jump: The lion dog can jump to the third square in any direction, orthogonally or diagonally.
• Ranging: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line in any direction, orthogonally or diagonally.

• Jump: The great dream-eater can jump to the third square orthogonally sideways.
• Range: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line in any direction, orthogonally or diagonally.

• Jump: The heavenly horse jumps at an angle intermediate between orthogonal and diagonal, amounting to one square forward plus one square diagonally forward, in a single motion; or one square backward plus one square diagonally backward, in a single motion.
• It ignores intervening pieces while jumping to its destination, though its destination square must of course be either empty, or occupied by an opponent's piece, just as with any other moving piece.
• Range: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally forward.

• Jump: The spirit turtle can jump to the third square in the four orthogonal directions.
• Range: It can move as a queen.

• Jump: The treasure turtle can jump to the second square in the four orthogonal directions.
• Range: It can move as a queen.

• Limited range: The wooden dove can move one or two squares in the four orthogonal directions.
• Ranging: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line in the four diagonal directions, but has the option of jumping in these directions instead of ranging.
• Jump plus limited range: It can jump to the third square in the four diagonal directions, and then move one or two squares in the same direction.

• Limited range: The center master can move one to three squares orthogonally sideways or diagonally backward.
• Jump: It can jump to the second square and then move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally forward or backward, or diagonally forward.
• It need not jump before moving nor move after jumping.

• Limited range: The roc master can move one to five squares orthogonally sideways or diagonally backward.
• Jump/ Ranging: It can jump to the third square and then move any number of free squares in a straight line diagonally forward.
• Ranging: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally forward or backward.
• It need not jump before moving nor move after jumping.

• Jump/ranging: The free eagle can jump to the second or third square, and then move any number of free squares in a straight line in the four orthogonal directions or diagonally backward.
• Jump/ranging: It can jump to the second to fourth square, and then move any number of free squares in a straight line diagonally forward.
• It need not jump before moving nor move after jumping.

• Limited range: The free bird can move one to three squares diagonally backward.
• Range: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line in the four orthogonal directions.
• Jump and range: It can jump up to three pieces diagonally forward, and then optionally continue any number of free squares in that direction.

• Range: The great falcon can move any number of squares in any direction, orthogonally or diagonally.
• Jump: It can jump to the second square orthogonally forward before moving on in that direction.

• Jump and range: The teaching king can jump up to three pieces along a straight line in any diagonal or orthogonal direction, and then optionally continue any number of free squares in that direction.

• Range: The mountain crane can move as a queen.
• Jump: It can jump to the third square and continue in that direction.

• Range: The great eagle can move as a queen.
• Jump: It can jump to the second square in any direction, orthogonally or diagonally, and continue moving in that direction.

• Limited range: The great elephant can move one to three squares diagonally forward.
• Jump and range: It can jump up to three pieces in a straight line diagonally backward or in one of the four orthogonal directions, and then optionally continue any number of free squares in that direction.

• Limited range: The golden bird can move one to three squares orthogonally sideways or diagonally backward.
• Range: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally forward or backward.
• Jump and range: It can jump up to three pieces diagonally forward, and then optionally continue any number of free squares in that direction.

• Range: The ancient dragon can move any number of free squares in a straight line in the four diagonal directions.
• Ranging jump: It can jump over any number of squares orthogonally forward or backward.

• Limited range: The rain demon can move one or two squares orthogonally sideways or diagonally backward.
• Limited range: It can move one to three squares orthogonally forward.
• Range: It can move any number of free squares in a straight line orthogonally backward.
• Range jump: It can jump any number of squares along either forward diagonal.

• Range capture: The rook general can fly over any number of squares along a straight line in any orthogonal direction, so long as they don't contain a royal or another range capturing piece. All pieces it flies over are removed from the game.

• Range capture: The bishop general can fly over any number of squares along a straight line in any diagonal direction, so long as they don't contain a royal or another range capturing piece. All pieces it flies over are removed from the game.

• Range capture: The great general can fly over any number of squares along a straight line in any direction, orthogonally or diagonally, as long as they don't contain a royal or another great general. All pieces it flies over are removed from the game.

• Limited range: The violent dragon can move one or two squares in the four orthogonal directions.
• Range capture: It can fly over any number of pieces along one of the four diagonal directions, as long as they don't include a royal or another range-jumping piece. All pieces it flies over are removed from the game.

• Limited range: The flying crocodile can move one or two squares diagonally backward.
• Limited range: It can move one to three squares diagonally forward.
• Range capture: It can jump any number of pieces in one of the four orthogonal directions, as long as these do not include a royal or another range-capturing piece. Any piece it jumps over is removed from the board.

• Jump: The vice general can jump to the second square in the four orthogonal directions. This is a standard jump.
• Range capture: It can fly over any number of squares along one of the four diagonal directions, as long as they don't contain a royal, great general, or another vice general. All pieces it flies over are removed from the game.

• Hook move: The hook mover can move any number of free squares in a straight line in the four orthogonal directions, then turn 90° and move any number of free squares in a perpendicular direction.

• Hook move: The long-nosed goblin can move any number of free squares in a straight line in the four diagonal directions, then turn 90° and move any number of free squares in a perpendicular direction.

• Hook move: The Capricorn can move any number of free squares in a straight line in the four diagonal directions, then turn 90° and move any number of free squares in a perpendicular direction.

• Hook move: The peacock can move any number of free squares in a straight line along one of the two forward diagonals, then turn 90° and move any number of free squares in a straight line in a perpendicular diagonal direction.
• Limited range: It can move one or two squares in one of the two rearward diagonals.

• Range: The Heavenly Tetrarch king can move any number of free squares in a straight line in any direction, orthogonally or diagonally.
• Jump: It can jump to the second square before moving on in that direction.
• It can capture a piece on an adjacent square without moving.

• Area move/double capture: The lion can step one square in any direction up to twice in a turn. It can change directions after its first step, and is not restricted to following one of the eight orthogonal or diagonal directions. That is, it can also step to one of the in-between squares that a knight jumps to in Western chess.
• *Unlike the hook movers, it can continue after a capture on the first step, potentially capturing two pieces on each turn.
• *By moving back to its starting square, it can effectively capture a piece on an adjacent square without moving. This is called 居喰い igui "stationary feeding".
• *A similar move without capturing leaves the board unchanged, which is a way to pass a turn.
• Jump: The lion can jump anywhere within two squares. This is equivalent to jumping in any of the eight diagonal or orthogonal directions, or making any of the jumps of a knight in Western chess.

• Area move/double capture or jump: The furious fiend can move as a lion; or
• Limited range: It can move three squares in any direction, orthogonal or diagonal.

• Area move/double capture: The Buddhist spirit can move as a lion, or
• Range: It can move as a queen.

• Area move/double capture/ranging: The lion hawk can move as a lion or as a bishop.
• Jump/ranging: It can leap to the second square in any diagonal direction before making a bishop move in that same direction.