horse; foal
Archaic word for a horse or foal. In modern Japanese, 馬 (うま) is the standard term.
bridge (of a string instrument)
The small wooden piece that supports the strings on a violin, shamisen, etc.
The bridge of the violin has shifted.
I captured my opponent's piece and gained the advantage.
チェスの駒は全部で32個ある。
There are 32 chess pieces in total.
In classical Japanese, 駒 meant a horse.
He thought for a while before placing his piece.
We lined up the pieces before the match.
独楽 (こま) means 'spinning top', a completely different word that happens to share the same pronunciation as 駒 (こま).
駒 (a piece used in shogi or chess) is pronounced identically to コマ but refers to a game piece, not the gaseous envelope of a comet or an optical aberration.
駒 (こま) refers to a shogi piece or a horse, an unrelated word that happens to sound identical to コマ (frame/panel).
captured piece (shogi) · reserve; asset held in reserve
koma shape; five-sided shape like a shogi piece
piece under one's control; pawn; subordinate
Japanese robin
horse pasture; pony grazing ground
nut (shamisen part)
interposing piece; blocking piece
major piece; heavy piece
minor piece
Standard kanji spelling for all senses.
Originally referred to a horse or foal. The game piece sense likely derives from the horse-shaped piece in shogi. The musical bridge sense may be a separate semantic extension, but the exact derivation is uncertain.
promoted piece
horse put out to pasture in spring · hobbyhorse
wild horse; untamed horse
Siberian rubythroat
piece stand (shogi)