Chinese
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cuboid bone; dice |
child; son; (noun suff.)
child; son; (noun suff.); small thing; midnight; 11 p.m.-1 a.m.; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch
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trad. (骰子/投子)
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骰/投
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子
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simp. (骰子)
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骰
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子
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Noun
骰子 (classifier 顆／颗 (kē))
- dice
- 擲骰子 / 掷骰子 ― zhì tóuzi ― to throw dice
Synonyms
Japanese
Etymology
Probably from a compound of 采 (sai) + 転 (koro). The kanji is from Chinese 骰子.
Noun
骰子 (hiragana さいころ, katakana サイコロ, romaji saikoro)
- Alternative spelling of 賽子