歹
Character
bad
- Radical
- 歹 (itself)
- Strokes
- 4
- Structure
- Top–bottom
- Parts
- 一 夕
- Traditional
- 歹
- Frequency
- #3384 most common character
Meaning
dǎi
dai3- bad CC-CEDICT
- wicked CC-CEDICT
- evil CC-CEDICT
- Kangxi radical 78 CC-CEDICT
Stroke order
All 4 strokes
Speed
Practice writing 歹
Draw “歹” here — the faint guide shows its shape.
Example sentences
那个歹人做了坏事。
nà ge dǎi rén zuò le huài shì
That bad person did a bad thing.
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警察抓住了三个歹徒。
jǐng chá zhuā zhù le sān ge dǎi tú
The police caught three criminals.
AI-generated sentence
他是一个心歹的人。
tā shì yí ge xīn dǎi de rén
He is a person with an evil heart.
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Words with 歹
歹徒dǎi túa bad person who breaks the law and may hurt peopleWordHSK 7–9歹人dǎi rénbad personWord歹势dǎi shì(Tw) excuse me; to be sorry (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [pháinn-sè])Word歹命dǎi mìng(Tw) to have been dealt a hard lot in life (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [pháinn-miā])Word歹意dǎi yìevil intentWord歹毒dǎi dúviciousWord好歹hǎo dǎiat least; in any case; something happens even when things are hardWordHSK 7–9不知好歹bù zhī hǎo dǎiunable to differentiate good from bad (idiom)Word不识好歹bù shí hǎo dǎiunable to tell good from bad (idiom)Word为非作歹wéi fēi zuò dǎito break the law and commit crimes (idiom); malefactorWord做好做歹zuò hǎo zuò dǎito persuade using all possible arguments (idiom); to act good cop and bad cop in turnWord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 possibleWord