歹
bad; wicked; evil; Kangxi radical 78
4 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,936 U+6B79
How 歹 is formed
Pictograph (象形字)
A corpse
How to remember it
malicious · Heisig RSH #712
— as a component also called: bones
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 歹
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 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 … |
| 为非作歹 | wéi fēi zuò dǎi | to break the law and commit crimes (idiom); malefactor; evildoer; to perpetrate outrages |
| 好说歹说 | hǎo shuō dǎi shuō | (idiom) to try one's very best to persuade sb; to reason with sb in every way possible |
| 不识好歹 | bù shí hǎo dǎi | unable to tell good from bad (idiom); undiscriminating |
| 做好做歹 | zuò hǎo zuò dǎi | to persuade using all possible arguments (idiom); to act good cop and bad cop in turn |
| 歹人 | dǎi rén | bad person; evildoer; robber |
| 歹意 | dǎi yì | evil intent; malice |
| 好歹 | hǎo dǎi | good and bad; most unfortunate occurrence; in any case; whatever |
| 歹命 | dǎi mìng | (Tw) to have been dealt a hard lot in life (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [pháinn-miā]) |
| 歹毒 | dǎi dú | vicious; ruthless; malevolent |
| 歹势 | dǎi shì | (Tw) excuse me; to be sorry (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [pháinn-sè]) |
| 歹徒 | dǎi tú | evildoer; malefactor; gangster; hoodlum |