8 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 11th grade
JLPT exam level N1

dice, form, appearance, take, gather, coloring

Kun'yomi
  • いろどり
On'yomi
  • dice ②baton (of command)

Main Radical

(KanXi) (Nelson)

Reading Commonality

サイ 100.0%

Character Breakdown

dice, form, appearance
サイ と.る いろどり (11th, N1)
paw radical
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)

Contained In

Common Words

dice ②baton (of command)
baton (of command) ②order
betrothal gift
surpassing looks ②mind and appearance
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References

Unicode hex code 91C7
JIS X 0208 1-26-51
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 2825
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 6201
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 3077
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 1570
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 2147
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2090
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 791
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 707
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 40116X
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 2153
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 957
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 4a4.24
Four corner code 2090.4