Editing Dice (section)

===Arrangement===

[[File:Chiralität von Würfeln V.2.svg|thumb|[[Chirality]] of dice. Faces may be placed [[clockwise and counterclockwise|counterclockwise (top) ''or'' clockwise]].]]

Common dice are small [[cube]]s, most often {{convert|1.6|cm|in|abbr=on}} across, whose faces are numbered from one to six, usually by patterns of round dots called [[pip (counting)|pips]]. (While the use of [[Arabic numerals]] is occasionally seen, such dice are less common.)

Opposite sides of a modern die traditionally add up to seven, requiring the 1, 2, and 3 faces to share a [[vertex (geometry)|vertex]].<ref>Cf. {{Cite book|url=http://archive.org/details/greekanthology05newyuoft|title=The Greek anthology|date=1918|location=New York |publisher=G.P. Putnam's and Sons|translator-first=W.R.|translator-last=Paton|at = Book 14, §8|quote=The Opposite Pairs of Numbers on a Die. The numbers on a die run so: six one, five two, three four.}}</ref> The faces of a die may be placed [[clockwise|clockwise or counterclockwise]] about this vertex. If the 1, 2, and 3 faces run counterclockwise, the die is called "right-handed". If those faces run clockwise, the die is called "left-handed". Western dice are normally right-handed, and Chinese dice are normally left-handed.<ref name="diceplay">{{Cite web |title=Standard Dice |url=http://homepage.ntlworld.com/dice-play/DiceStandard.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130730085649/http://homepage.ntlworld.com/dice-play/DiceStandard.htm |archive-date=30 July 2013}}</ref>

The pips on standard six-sided dice are arranged in specific patterns as shown. Asian style dice bear similar patterns to Western ones, but the pips are closer to the center of the face; in addition, the pips are differently sized on Asian style dice, and the pips are colored red on the 1 and 4 sides. Red fours may be of Indian origin.<ref name="diceplay" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Chinese Dice |url=http://www.gamesmuseum.uwaterloo.ca/Archives/Culin/Dice1893/dice.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080501172614/http://www.gamesmuseum.uwaterloo.ca/Archives/Culin/Dice1893/dice.html |archive-date=1 May 2008 |publisher=Elliott Avedon Museum & Archive of Games}}</ref>

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File:Die Faces.svg|Typical facets showing the more compact pip arrangement of an Asian-style die (top) vs. a Western-style die (bottom)
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