殆

dài = d + ai4

dangerous / perilous / to endanger / almost / probably / only

殆 character breakdown

殆
- 台
  - 厶
  - 口
- 歹
  - 一
  - 夕

tái = t + ai2

Taiwan (abbr.) / surname Tai

台 = 厶 + 口 : Tecumseh assumed is new post behind a counter in the airplane's kitchen. His task is to give a mandarin as a present to every visitor. Because he's allergic to mandarins he wears a fake nose so he doesn't have to smell them.

tái = t + ai2

(classical) you (in letters) / variant of 臺|台[tai2]

台 = 厶 + 口 : Tecumseh assumed is new post behind a counter in the airplane's kitchen. His task is to give a mandarin as a present to every visitor. Because he's allergic to mandarins he wears a fake nose so he doesn't have to smell them.

tái = t + ai2

desk / table / counter

台 = 厶 + 口 : Tecumseh assumed is new post behind a counter in the airplane's kitchen. His task is to give a mandarin as a present to every visitor. Because he's allergic to mandarins he wears a fake nose so he doesn't have to smell them.

dǎi = d + ai3

bad / wicked / evil / Kangxi radical 78

歹 = 一 + 夕 : Mnemonic symbol: a wicked witch.

Don Quixote (d) is hypnotized by a wicked witch (歹) playing her flute (一) in the airplane (ai3). She's playing her magic flute in order to sedate Don Quixote, so that her bats (夕) can drink his blood.

tái = t + ai2

Taiwan (abbr.)

台 = 厶 + 口 : Tecumseh assumed is new post behind a counter in the airplane's kitchen. His task is to give a mandarin as a present to every visitor. Because he's allergic to mandarins he wears a fake nose so he doesn't have to smell them.

tái = t + ai2

platform / stage / terrace / stand / support / station / broadcasting station / classifier for vehicles or machines

台 = 厶 + 口 : Tecumseh assumed is new post behind a counter in the airplane's kitchen. His task is to give a mandarin as a present to every visitor. Because he's allergic to mandarins he wears a fake nose so he doesn't have to smell them.

tái = t + ai2

typhoon

台 = 厶 + 口 : Tecumseh assumed is new post behind a counter in the airplane's kitchen. His task is to give a mandarin as a present to every visitor. Because he's allergic to mandarins he wears a fake nose so he doesn't have to smell them.

Characters with 殆 as component

殆 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 殆

nearly exhausted / practically nothing left

to come unscathed through a hundred battles (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sun1 zi3 Bing1 fa3]); to win every fight

grave danger / in jeopardy / in a critical condition

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To learn without thinking is confusing, to think without learning is dangerous (Confucius)

to be used up / to be exhausted

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know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sun1 zi3 Bing1 fa3])

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knowing the enemy and yourself will get you unscathed through a hundred battles (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War")

Sentences with 殆

殆 currently does not appear in any sentence.