歹(dǎi)

HSK 7-94 strokes

bad

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Character information

Pinyin
dǎi
Meaning
bad; wicked; evil; Kangxi radical 78
Strokes
4
HSK level
HSK 7-9
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 歹 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Pictograph⿱一夕

A corpse

A drawing of the thing it names.

Made of

一yī夕xī

Parts are arranged top to bottom.

How to write 歹 step by step

4 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 歹

Common words using 歹 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

hǎo好dǎi歹
HSK 7-9

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

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dǎi歹tú徒
HSK 7-9

evildoer

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dǎi歹rén人

bad person; evildoer; robber

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dǎi歹shì势

(Tw) excuse me; to be sorry (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [pháinn-sè])

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bù不zhī知hǎo好dǎi歹

unable to differentiate good from bad (idiom)

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bù不shí识hǎo好dǎi歹

unable to tell good from bad (idiom)

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zuò做hǎo好zuò做dǎi歹

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

Open 做好做歹 page →
hǎo好shuō说dǎi歹shuō说

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

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From 歹’s common words

好徒人势不知识做

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