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A tile bearing the foot soldier character.
Also known as: Fuhyo piece, Foot soldier, Shogi pawn
The shogi pawn, moving and capturing one square directly forward.
Captures the same way it moves, unlike a chess pawn, which is why a shogi pawn blocks a file completely rather than controlling the squares beside it.
Contexts: History
The smallest five-sided pointed shape of the set, carrying two glyphs on its front and a promoted glyph on its reverse.
A fuller structured visual breakdown is not yet documented for this symbol.