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歹
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malicious

HSK 7
Abstract →Qualities
dǎi
ガツ、ガチ、タイ
알, 대
Variant of 歺. Depicts skeletal remains from a carcass. The meaning later shifted to "bad" and "evil".
Notes
Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
歹
Regular
Modern
Chinese
歹 [dǎi]
bad; wicked; evil; Kangxi radical 78
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (17)
歹徒 [dǎi​tú] #9,216
evildoer
好歹 [hǎo​dǎi] #10,759
good and bad
为非作歹 [wéi​fēi​zuò​dǎi] #33,203
to break the law and commit crimes (idiom); malefactor
为非作歹 [wéi​fēi​zuò​dǎi] #33,203
to break the law and commit crimes (idiom); malefactor
歹毒 [dǎi​dú] #41,329
vicious
歹人 [dǎi​rén] #51,805
bad person
不知好歹 [bù​zhī​hǎo​dǎi] #41,529
unable to differentiate good from bad (idiom)
好说歹说 [hǎo​shuō​dǎi​shuō] #46,539
to try one's very best to persuade sb (idiom)
好说歹说 [hǎo​shuō​dǎi​shuō] #46,539
to try one's very best to persuade sb (idiom)
不识好歹 [bù​shí​hǎo​dǎi] #51,946
unable to tell good from bad (idiom)
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JAPANESE WORDS (1)
歹偏 [がつへん]
kanji "bare bone" radical at left