歹 - dǎi - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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歹

dǎi

Definition

bad
wicked
evil
meaning component (bad, wicked, evil)
death
radical (Kang Xi 78)

Character Decomposition

Compounds (32)

死

sǐ

to die; to the death; extremely; to death; dead

列

liè

to arrange; to line up; row; file; series; column

残

cán

to destroy; to spoil; to ruin; to injure; cruel; oppressive; savage; brutal; incomplete; disabled; to remain; to survive; remnant; surplus

殊

shū

different; unique; special; very; (classical) to behead; to die; to cut off; to separate; to surpass

歼

jiān

to annihilate; abbr. for 殲擊機|歼击机, fighter plane

殇

shāng

to die in childhood; war dead

殖

zhí

to grow; to reproduce

殆

dài

dangerous; perilous; to endanger; almost; probably; only

夙

sù

morning; early; long-held; long-cherished

calamity

to be buried with the dead; to die for a cause

to end; to die

to prepare a dead body for coffin

to perish; to die

a funeral; to encoffin a corpse; to carry to burial

entirely; to exhaust

to put to death

to exterminate

to die

to exterminate

die of starvation

Allium bakeri; shallot; scallion

die of hunger

fatigue

remote; outlying

sickness; repeated

Cyrtoxiphus ritsemae

damage egg so it does not hatch

殜

dié

weak (from illness); half-sitting, half-reclining (meaning unclear)

殙

hūn

to die by taking poison

swoon

to end; to die

Related words (6)

歹人

dǎi rén

bad person; evildoer; robber

歹势

dǎi shì

excuse me; to be sorry; (Taiwanese, POJ pr. [phái-sè])

歹徒

dǎi tú

ruffian; scoundrel; evildoer; malefactor; gangster; hoodlum

evil intent; malice

vicious; ruthless; malevolent

好歹

hǎo dǎi

good and bad; most unfortunate occurrence; in any case; whatever

Idioms (6)

不知好歹

bù zhī hǎo dǎi

unable to differentiate good from bad (idiom); not to know what's good for one; unable to recognize others' good intentions

不识好歹

bù shí hǎo dǎi

unable to tell good from bad (idiom); undiscriminating

不问好歹

bù wèn hǎo dǎi

no matter what may happen (idiom)

为非作歹

wéi fēi zuò dǎi

to break the law and commit crimes (idiom); malefactor; evildoer; to perpetrate outrages

做好做歹

zuò hǎo zuò dǎi

to persuade using all possible arguments (idiom); to act good cop and bad cop in turn

好说歹说

hǎo shuō dǎi shuō

to try one's very best to persuade sb (idiom); to reason with sb in every way possible

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