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  1. Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)

    the die is cast; there is no going back; alea iacta est

    Idiomatic expression

    だがすでに、賽は投げられた。
    However, the die had already been cast.

Also written 采は投げられた【さいはなげられた】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

dice, temple visit

On
サイ
Strokes
17
Radical
shell

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (10)
CodeReference
2-3-14SKIP code
3m14.2The Kanji Dictionary
3080.6Four corner code
8cfdUnicode hex code
1-76-48JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1344Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5822New Nelson (John Haig)
36886Morohashi
sai4Pinyin reading
saeKorean reading
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

throw, discard, abandon, launch into, join, invest in, hurl, give up, sell at a loss

Kun
な.げる-な.げ
On
トウ
Strokes
7
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N3
Frequency
236 of 2500
Radical
hand
WaniKani
Level 8

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (31)
CodeReference
1-3-4SKIP code
3c4.18The Kanji Dictionary
5704.7Four corner code
1368deroo
6295Unicode hex code
1-37-74JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1856Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2095New Nelson (John Haig)
256New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
300Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
192Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
228Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
706Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
762Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
273A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
653Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
11887Morohashi
357A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1021Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1060Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
291sakade
559Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
378henshall3
287Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
282Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
862Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
713Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
tou2Pinyin reading
tuKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
8WaniKani level