歹

歹 (Kangxi radical 78, 歹+0, 4 strokes, cangjie input 一弓戈 (MNI), four-corner 1020₇, composition ⿱一夕)

1. Kangxi radical #78, ⽍.

• Appendix:Chinese radical/歹
• 𠯪, 𡛃, 𢗚, 𢪰, 𣲠, 𨑰, 𧺰, 𪞧, 𬳜, 列, 𭅵, 𨚌, 𭣤, 𦍙, 肂, 𩐁, 飱, 𪚗
• 𢁳, 𡧒, 𪽨, 夙, 𣱚, 𪗈, 䬸, 薚, 𡂍

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 578, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16359
• Dae Jaweon: page 969, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1379, character 14
• Unihan data for U+6B79
• Unihan data for U+FA95

Historical forms of the character 歹
Shang	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Pictogram (象形) - human remains.

歹

1. ^† bone remnants

歹

1. ^† bone remains

Disputed:

• From Tibetan letter ཏ (徐復《歹字源出藏文說》)
• Abbreviated from 殆 (楊琳《古漢語外來詞研究中存在的問題》)

歹

1. bad; wicked; evil

   歹意  ―  dǎiyì  ―  malicious intent

2. misdeed; something evil

   為非作歹／为非作歹  ―  wéifēizuòdǎi  ―  to do evil

Unclear. It has been suggested that it could be related to 否 (pǐ, “evil”) or 痞 (pǐ, “rascal; evil”).

歹

1. (Hokkien, Teochew) bad; wicked; evil

   歹勢／歹势 [Hokkien]  ―  pháiⁿ-sè [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  excuse me (lit. bad feeling)

2. (Hokkien) to become bad; to break down

   冷氣歹去矣！ [Hokkien, trad.]
   冷气歹去矣！ [Hokkien, simp.]

   Léng-khì pháiⁿ--khì--ah! [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   The air conditioner broke down!

3. (Hokkien) to be fierce

   你無代無誌歹我創啥？ [Hokkien, trad.]
   你无代无志歹我创啥？ [Hokkien, simp.]

   Lí bô-tāi-bô-chì pháiⁿ góa chhòng siáⁿ? [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   Why are you being fierce to me for no reason?

4. (Hokkien) to cause something to be harmed or damaged

   我食歹腹肚，所以下晡著請假。 [Hokkien, trad.]
   我食歹腹肚，所以下晡著请假。 [Hokkien, simp.]

   Góa chia̍h-pháiⁿ pak-tó͘, só͘-í ē-po͘ tio̍h chhéng-ká. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   I became sick because of bad food, so I have to take my afternoon off.

5. (Hokkien) difficult; hard (to do something)

   落雨的時陣，這條路就變甲真歹行。 [Hokkien, trad.]
   落雨的时阵，这条路就变甲真歹行。 [Hokkien, simp.]

   Lo̍h-hō͘ ê sî-chūn, chit tiâu lō͘ tō piàn kah chin pháiⁿ kiâⁿ. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   When it rains, the road becomes really difficult to walk on.

歹

1. (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 待 (dài, “to stay”).

歹

1. (used by Miao people) I, you

• “Entry #817”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.
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• Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary
• Chinese Linguipedia

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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• On (unclassified): がつ (gatsu); あつ (atsu); がち (gachi)
• Kun: わるい (warui); かばねへん (kabanehen)

歹 • (al, dae) (hangeul 알, 대, revised al, dae, McCune–Reischauer al, tae, Yale al, tay)

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歹: Hán Nôm readings: ngạt, đãi, ngặt

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