<p>the link you provided already shown the answer:</p>

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  <p>shih dao is a clone of ishido: the way of stones</p>
</blockquote>

<p>so shih dao is 石 (stone) 道 (way)</p>

<p>the six characters on the tiles are:</p>

<p>大 - big</p>

<p>中 - middle</p>

<p>小 - small</p>

<p>春 - spring</p>

<p>由 -cause</p>

<p>東 - east</p>

<p>have fun :)</p>

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<p>Once upon a time there was a logical game <a href="https://www.classicdosgames.com/game/Shih_Dao.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Shih Dao</a> - I liked it and got curious: what does the game title mean and what are the signs on tiles? Unfortunately, game help doesn't say a word about it.</p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/vLFiC.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/vLFiC.png" alt="Game screen"></a></p>

<p>There are six different signs used, by browsing Chinese signs lists I managed to identify <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E4%B8%AD" rel="nofollow noreferrer">中</a> and <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%A4%A7" rel="nofollow noreferrer">大</a> but failed to find the other four. As I have no idea about Chinese alphabet, I think of them as "house" (several ones in top-right of the screen), "zigzag" (one purple in top-right), "dancer" (several in the center) and "basket" (four in bottom-right), which probably has nothing to do with their actual meanings.</p>

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What does Shih Dao name and tiles mean?
# What does Shih Dao name and tiles mean?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-02-17)

Once upon a time there was a logical game [Shih Dao](https://www.classicdosgames.com/game/Shih_Dao.html) - I liked it and got curious: what does the game title mean and what are the signs on tiles? Unfortunately, game help doesn't say a word about it.

[![Game screen](https://i.sstatic.net/vLFiC.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/vLFiC.png)

There are six different signs used, by browsing Chinese signs lists I managed to identify [中](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E4%B8%AD) and [大](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%A4%A7) but failed to find the other four. As I have no idea about Chinese alphabet, I think of them as "house" (several ones in top-right of the screen), "zigzag" (one purple in top-right), "dancer" (several in the center) and "basket" (four in bottom-right), which probably has nothing to do with their actual meanings.

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2018-02-17. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

the link you provided already shown the answer:

> shih dao is a clone of ishido: the way of stones

so shih dao is 石 (stone) 道 (way)

the six characters on the tiles are:

大 - big

中 - middle

小 - small

春 - spring

由 -cause

東 - east

have fun :)


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