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dǎi = d + ai3
bad / wicked / evil / Kangxi radical 78
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How to pronounce 歹

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= d initial

D is for Don Quixote.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago
+ ai3 final

In the airplane’s living room.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

歹 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
= y + Ø1
one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
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= xi + Ø1
dusk / evening / Taiwan pr. [xi4]
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Characters with 歹 as component

shū = shu + Ø1
different / unique / special / very / (classical) to behead / to die / to cut off / to separate / to surpass
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zhí = zh + Ø2
to grow / to reproduce
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jiān = ji + an1
to annihilate / abbr. for 殲擊機|歼击机[jian1 ji1 ji1], fighter plane
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Words with 歹

evildoer / malefactor / gangster / hoodlum
good and bad / most unfortunate occurrence / in any case / whatever
to break the law and commit crimes (idiom); malefactor / evildoer / to perpetrate outrages

Sentences with 歹

歹 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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dǎi

bad / wicked / evil / Kangxi radical 78

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