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Han character

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

1. bad, vicious, depraved, wicked
2. corpse
3. Kangxi radical #78, ⽍ ‎(“death”).

References

• KangXi: page 578, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16359
• Dae Jaweon: page 969, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1379, character 14
• Unihan data for U+6B79

Chinese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Adjective

歹

1. bad, wicked, evil

   歹意  ―  dǎiyì  ―  malicious intent

Noun

歹

1. misdeed, something evil

   為非作歹 / 为非作歹  ―  wéifēi zuòdǎi  ―  to do evil

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

歹

1. ^†bone remnants

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Noun

歹

1. ^†bone remains

Etymology 4

Alternative forms

• 否
• 壞／坏

Pronunciation

Adjective

歹 (Min Nan)

1. bad, wicked, evil

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

Verb

歹 (Min Nan)

1. to become bad, to break down

   冷氣歹去矣！ / 冷气歹去矣！ [Min Nan]  ―  Léng-khì pháiⁿ--khì--ah! [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  The air conditioner broke down!

2. to be fierce

   你無代無誌歹我創啥？ [Min Nan, trad.]

   你无代无志歹我创啥？ [Min Nan, simp.]

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

   Why are you being fierce to me for no reason?

3. to cause something to be harmed or damaged

   我食歹腹肚，所以下晡著請假。 [Min Nan, trad.]

   我食歹腹肚，所以下晡著请假。 [Min Nan, 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.

Adverb

歹 (Min Nan)

1. uneasily

   落雨的時陣，這條路就變甲真歹行。 [Min Nan, trad.]

   落雨的时阵，这条路就变甲真歹行。 [Min Nan, 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.

References

• “Entry #817”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.
• “臺灣閩南語按呢寫 (Tâi-oân Bân-lâm-gí Án-ne Siá) #297”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan], Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.
• zdic.net (漢典)
• Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary
• Chinese Linguipedia

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

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

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

• Hán Việt: ngạt, đãi, ngặt

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