dǎi HSK7

evil, bad

  • edit character approved — "弋" by Prismcool
    Hint
    Variant of 歺. Depicts a wooden post or digging tool with a cracked bottom. Similar to 才. The meaning later shifted to "bad" and "evil". 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".

    Changed: hint

    edit character by Prismcool

  • edit character approved — "changed origin" by Prismcool
    Hint
    Variant of 歺. Depicts skeletal remains from a carcass. The meaning later shifted to "bad" and "evil". Variant of 歺. Depicts a wooden post or digging tool with a cracked bottom. Similar to 才. The meaning later shifted to "bad" and "evil".
    Original meaning
    bone remnants cracked wooden post
    Sources

    Changed: hint, original meaning, sources

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  • edit character approved — "Added source" by Prismcool
    Hint
    Variant of 歺. Depicts a broken bone. The meaning later shifted to "bad" and "evil". Variant of 歺. Depicts skeletal remains from a carcass. The meaning later shifted to "bad" and "evil".
    Sources
    • 漢語多功能字庫
    • 黃德寬《古文字譜系疏證》p.2405
    • + 林志強《《文源》評注》p.126

    Changed: hint, sources

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  • edit character approved — "Changed etymology" by Prismcool
    Gloss
    corpse, carcass evil, bad
    Hint
    Variant of 歺. Depicts bones from a carcass. Variant of 歺. Depicts a broken bone. The meaning later shifted to "bad" and "evil".
    Original meaning
    bone remnants
    Sources

    Changed: gloss, hint, original meaning, sources

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  • edit character approved — "carcass" by Peter Olson
    Gloss
    vicious corpse, carcass
    Hint
    Variant of 歺. Origin unclear. Possibly depicts bones from a carcass. Variant of 歺. Depicts bones from a carcass.

    Changed: gloss, hint

    edit character by Peter Olson

  • edit character approved — "verify, add source" by Peter Olson
    Gloss
    evil, bad vicious
    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". Variant of 歺. Origin unclear. Possibly depicts bones from a carcass.
    Sources

    Changed: gloss, hint, verified, sources

    edit character by Peter Olson