Read Edit View history 歹 dǎi HSK7 evil, bad Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Variant of 歺. Pictograph of a wooden post or digging tool with a cracked bottom. Similar to 才 and 弋. The meaning later shifted to "bad" and "evil". Pinyin Separate values with commas dǎi ×è ×dāi × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components No items. + Add component Stroke Data 歹 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 184, 705 ], [ 244, 689 ], [ 408, 720 ], [ 773, 759 ], [ 799, 758 ], [ 867, 735 ] ], [ [ 456, 696 ], [ 485, 670 ], [ 490, 653 ], [ 436, 546 ], [ 333, 409 ], [ 275, 351 ], [ 231, 321 ] ], [ [ 436, 491 ], [ 504, 496 ], [ 638, 527 ], [ 666, 523 ], [ 685, 501 ], [ 608, 312 ], [ 553, 219 ], [ 507, 160 ], [ 432, 85 ], [ 372, 39 ], [ 292, -7 ], [ 249, -22 ] ], [ [ 380, 403 ], [ 448, 335 ], [ 467, 292 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 497 706 Q 501 706 611 718 Q 746 730 851 720 Q 873 717 879 726 Q 886 739 874 750 Q 805 810 749 788 Q 742 788 333 730 Q 275 720 186 718 Q 173 718 171 707 Q 171 695 189 682 Q 205 670 235 659 Q 245 655 263 663 Q 327 684 449 700 L 497 706 Z", "M 446 511 Q 473 550 494 584 Q 516 621 530 638 Q 537 650 529 666 Q 513 694 497 706 C 475 726 445 730 449 700 Q 467 628 349 466 Q 298 397 231 330 Q 224 324 223 317 Q 223 311 230 312 Q 288 321 401 453 Q 402 457 406 459 Q 416 474 428 487 L 446 511 Z", "M 618 424 Q 552 172 264 -6 Q 240 -15 242 -24 Q 243 -30 252 -29 Q 394 -14 546 165 Q 561 186 578 208 Q 636 293 694 428 Q 713 462 743 483 Q 761 493 760 504 Q 759 520 725 538 Q 682 563 665 564 Q 652 563 639 553 Q 533 519 460 512 Q 453 513 446 511 C 416 508 400 498 428 487 Q 473 457 591 498 Q 619 508 632 501 Q 641 495 618 424 Z", "M 393 355 Q 415 325 438 290 Q 448 274 465 271 Q 477 270 485 281 Q 492 296 490 328 Q 487 361 399 405 Q 383 412 376 411 Q 370 408 369 395 Q 370 382 393 355 Z" ] } 4 strokes 歹 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 184, 705 ], [ 244, 689 ], [ 408, 720 ], [ 773, 759 ], [ 799, 758 ], [ 867, 735 ] ], [ [ 456, 696 ], [ 485, 670 ], [ 490, 653 ], [ 436, 546 ], [ 333, 409 ], [ 275, 351 ], [ 231, 321 ] ], [ [ 436, 491 ], [ 504, 496 ], [ 638, 527 ], [ 666, 523 ], [ 685, 501 ], [ 608, 312 ], [ 553, 219 ], [ 507, 160 ], [ 432, 85 ], [ 372, 39 ], [ 292, -7 ], [ 249, -22 ] ], [ [ 380, 403 ], [ 448, 335 ], [ 467, 292 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 497 706 Q 501 706 611 718 Q 746 730 851 720 Q 873 717 879 726 Q 886 739 874 750 Q 805 810 749 788 Q 742 788 333 730 Q 275 720 186 718 Q 173 718 171 707 Q 171 695 189 682 Q 205 670 235 659 Q 245 655 263 663 Q 327 684 449 700 L 497 706 Z", "M 446 511 Q 473 550 494 584 Q 516 621 530 638 Q 537 650 529 666 Q 513 694 497 706 C 475 726 445 730 449 700 Q 467 628 349 466 Q 298 397 231 330 Q 224 324 223 317 Q 223 311 230 312 Q 288 321 401 453 Q 402 457 406 459 Q 416 474 428 487 L 446 511 Z", "M 618 424 Q 552 172 264 -6 Q 240 -15 242 -24 Q 243 -30 252 -29 Q 394 -14 546 165 Q 561 186 578 208 Q 636 293 694 428 Q 713 462 743 483 Q 761 493 760 504 Q 759 520 725 538 Q 682 563 665 564 Q 652 563 639 553 Q 533 519 460 512 Q 453 513 446 511 C 416 508 400 498 428 487 Q 473 457 591 498 Q 619 508 632 501 Q 641 495 618 424 Z", "M 393 355 Q 415 325 438 290 Q 448 274 465 271 Q 477 270 485 281 Q 492 296 490 328 Q 487 361 399 405 Q 383 412 376 411 Q 370 408 369 395 Q 370 382 393 355 Z" ] } 4 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.