Character

歹

dǎi HSK 7

歹 dǎi HSK 7

1. bad, evil
2. a surname

Words using 歹 as dǎi (2)

1 好歹 hǎo dǎi — anyway, at any rate, after all HSK 7
- 好 good (contributes to the meaning 'good or bad/whatever happens')
- 歹 bad (contributes to the meaning 'good or bad/whatever happens')
Example

好歹他也是你的朋友，你应该帮帮他。

hǎo dǎi tā yě shì nǐ de péng you nǐ yīng gāi bāng bang tā

After all, he's your friend, you should help him.
2 歹徒 dǎi tú — criminal, thug HSK 7
- 歹 bad, evil, wicked
- 徒 person, member
Example

警察抓住了那个歹徒。

jǐng chá zhuā zhù le nà ge dǎi tú

The police caught that criminal.

Structure & writing

歹 dǎi — bad, evil

歹 is a component in 7 characters

HSK 4

列 liè to arrange; to list 死 sǐ to die; to lose life (opposite of "活"/"生")

HSK 5

殊 shū different; divergent

HSK 6

残 cán defective or incomplete 殖 zhí to reproduce; to multiply

HSK 7

歼 jiān to annihilate; to wipe out 殃 yāng disaster; calamity

歹 is an atomic character — it does not decompose further.

Stroke order