This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Reading

Kana: サイ
Romaji: sai
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

dice, temple visit

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  17
Radical Number:  40
Frequency: 
Grade: 
Skip Pattern:  2-3-14
Korean Reading:  sae
Chinese Reading:  sai4
Unicode:  8cfd
JIS:  6C50

Indexes

Nelson Index: 1344
New Nelson Index: 5822
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3m14.2
Four Corner Index: 3080.6
Daikanwanjiten Index: 36886
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 10.0796

Words

(さい、さえ)
dice; die; baton (of command)
賽の河原 (さいのかわら)
Children's Limbo; futile; unrewarding
賽銭 (さいせん)
monetary offering; offertory
骰子 (さいころ、サイコロ、シャイツ)
dice; die
さいの目 (さいのめ)
pip (spot on a die); small cube (esp. of food); die; dice
賽は投げられた (さいはなげられた)
the die is cast; no going back; alea jacta est
賽銭箱 (さいせんばこ)
offertory box
才六 (さいろく)
kid; brat; Edo term used to debase people from Kansai
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