dog's face; sake bottle shape; pattern of three stones
In go, a specific shape of three stones that resembles a dog's face or a sake bottle (tokkuri). Also referred to as 猫の顔 (cat's face) or 犬の顔 (dog's face).
This corner tokkuri shape is effective for attacking the opponent's stones.
Standard kanji spelling for this go term.
Variant using 型 instead of 形; both are used.
From トックリ (sake bottle) + 形 (shape), referring to the resemblance of the stone pattern to a sake bottle or a dog's face.