Amazing Chinese Characters (711) Go - 弈

 The big seal script of character Go is

The top is character Also, Too, As Well (Post 710), the bottom are two hands. Go is Chinese chess. It could be noun, the stones and the board. It could also be verb: to Go or to play (Go),  placing black and white stones placed on 9 x 9 = 81 intersections board one by one, to see who enclosed area bigger in the last.

Here the stone moves with the hand moves (the hand moves, the stone moves also, as well, too). Opponent moves stone (different color) in the same way. Two players take turns.

The small seal script of character Go is

Similar to big seal script.

The clerical script of character Go is

The top is character Also, Too, As Well, the bottom is character Hand-Together (Post 632), means two hands, here are two hands from different two people. 

The Pinyin of the character is Yi4.

Now, 弈 is used just on Go play, but on many other games especially on mental games.