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king

piece from the board game chess
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king

Summary

king ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (985 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • king is a type of non-pawn chess piece[2].
  • king is part of chess terminology[3].
  • king's Commons category is recorded as Chess kings[4].
  • king's Unicode character is recorded as ♔[5].
  • king's Unicode character is recorded as ♚[6].
  • king's sport is recorded as chess[7].
  • king's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[8].
  • king's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://chess.stackexchange.com/tags/kings[9].
  • king's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'af', 'text': 'K'}[10].
  • king's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'sq', 'text': 'M'}[11].
  • king's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'az', 'text': 'Ş'}[12].
  • king's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'hy', 'text': 'Ա'}[13].
  • king's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'eu', 'text': 'E'}[14].
  • king's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'bg', 'text': 'Ц'}[15].
  • king's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'ca', 'text': 'R'}[16].
  • king's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'K'}[17].
  • king's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'da', 'text': 'K'}[18].
  • king's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'K'}[19].
  • king's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'K'}[20].
  • king's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'eo', 'text': 'R'}[21].
  • king's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'et', 'text': 'K'}[22].
  • king's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'K'}[23].
  • king's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'R'}[24].
  • king's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'gl', 'text': 'R'}[25].
  • king's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'K'}[26].

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Definition and Type

king is a type of non-pawn chess piece[2].

Use and Application

king is part of chess terminology[3].

Influence

Things named for king include king's graph[27], a mathematical chess problem[28].

Why It Matters

king ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (985 views/month).[1] king has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] king is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

Entities named for king include king's graph[27], a mathematical chess problem[28].

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  25. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · Madamebiblio · 2026-05-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Part of → chess terminology
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    Described by source → Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
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    "/* wbsetclaim-update-references:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P373]]: Chess kings, Cleanup: remove wikimedia refs ([[User:Difool/WikidataCleanup]])"
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