Refers to the small dots on dice faces; often used in set phrases like さいの目に切る (to cut into cubes).
The pips on a die range from 1 to 6.
small cube; dice (food)
Most commonly used for food cut into small cubes; also can refer to dice themselves.
Cut the vegetables into small cubes and add them to the soup.
Dice the cheese and put it on the salad.
Also means cutting into cubes, but さいの目 implies smaller, dice-like cubes.
Standard kana-kanji spelling; widely used for both dice pips and cubed food.
Kanji spelling using 賽 (dice); less common but still seen.
Rare kanji spelling using 采 (dice); search-only variant.
Compound of さい (dice) + の (possessive particle) + 目 (eye, spot). Literally 'eye of the die', referring to the pips on a die, later extended to cube-shaped pieces.