Chinese symbol for “dice”
骰子
tóu zi
dice
The closest CC-CEDICT match for dice is 骰子 (tóu zi), defined as: dice.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “dice”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 骰 | tóu | dice |
| 色子 | shǎi zi | dice (used in gambling) |
| 切成 | qiē chéng | to cut up (into pieces); to slice |
| 摴 | shū | dice; gambling |
| 划切 (劃切) | huá qiè | to slice; to dice |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 骰子.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 掷骰子 (擲骰子) | zhì tóu zi | to throw the dice |
| 骰盅 | tóu zhōng | dice cup |
| 大话骰 (大話骰) | dà huà tóu | liar's dice (dice game) |
| 骰塔 | tóu tǎ | dice tower |
| 骰钟 (骰鍾) | tóu zhōng | variant of 骰盅 (tóu zhōng) |
| 孩子 | hái zi | child |
| 儿子 (兒子) | ér zi | son |
| 电子 (電子) | diàn zǐ | electronic; electron (particle physics) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “dice”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.