Standard word for dice used in games and gambling.
Players take turns rolling the dice to advance the game.
Roll the dice, and the number that comes up determines how many spaces you move.
You need dice to play sugoroku.
Since the die showed a six, I get to roll again.
He threw the dice with a lot of force.
賽 is an old-fashioned, literary word for a die, while サイコロ is the common everyday term used in games and gambling.
ダイス is a loanword for the cube used in games, while サイコロ is the native Japanese term and is more common in everyday speech.
Dice (骰子/さいころ) are typically counted with 個, e.g. 一個、二個.
Katakana spelling is the most common written form; the word is usually written in kana.
Hiragana spelling is also common and natural.
Very rare kanji form.
Rare kanji form; 賽 is not a jōyō kanji.
Rare kanji form; can also be read こっし with a different meaning.
The reading さいころ is thought to derive from 采 (さい, 'dice') + ころ (a suffix for small round objects). The kanji forms 賽子 and 骰子 are ateji.