賽 — 17 strokes ／ Radical「貝」
道1University / general (hardest) ／ 17 strokes ／ Radical「貝」
- On
- サイ
- Kun
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- Meaning
- dice; an offering at a shrine
Origin
Shell-money 貝 with abbreviated 塞 as phonetic: to repay the gods with an offering; in 賽子, dice.
Stroke order
Compounds
- 賽銭さいせん
a monetary offering at a shrine
- 賽子さいころ
dice
Example
賽銭を投じて手を合わせる。
They cast in an offering and put their hands together.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)