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bad, wicked 歹
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Actually the representation of a bone or dorsal vertebra.
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Used in these characters:
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列
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| row, to arrange, to line up, series
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Left: evil, bad 歹 (image of a bare bone, vertebra), right: knife 刂
(i.e. backbone) The bones are lain bare by knife: arranged in a row.
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例
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| example, precedent, rule, instance
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Left: person 亻, right: row 列 (A [back-]bone 歹 is exposed with a knife刂 in a row.)
A person queuing in a line/row sets an example.
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死
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| to die, impassable, inflexible
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bad, wicked 歹 (= vertebrae or rib) and sitting person 匕 under the ground 一
If the bones of the sitting person are under the earth, this means: to die.
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殊
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| unique, special, extraordinary
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Left: bad, wicked 歹 [= bare bone, vertebrae or rib], right: vermilion 朱 (A branch of a young [=not yet] 未 tree 木 has sth. red ノ =apple?)
Bare bones that are vermilion, are very unique.
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烈
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| burning fiercely, intense, ardent
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Top: row 列 (wicked 歹 [bar bone] is exposed with a knife刂 in a row [i.e. backbone]), bottom: fire 灬
A row of fires burns fiercely.
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殖
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to grow, to reproduce, increase
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Left: bad, wicked 歹 (=bare bone, HERE: variation of many 多), right: immediately 直 (Ten 十 eyes 目 watch the base line __ which is straight.)
Many things can immediately be grown & reproduced.
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残
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to destroy, to ruin, cruel, incomplete, to remain
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Left: bad, wicked 歹[= bare bone], right: 戋 (two 二 halberds 戈)
Only bones and two halberds remained: at the destruction.
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歹
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| bad, wicked, evil
dǎi
歹
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The image of a bare bone 歹, like vertebrae or rib, stands for bad or wicked.
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殃
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| calamity, disaster
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Left: bad, wicked 歹 (vertebrae or rib), right: center 央 (The yoke 冂 on the shoulders of the big 大 man is centered.)
If the bad is in the center, it is a calamity.
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殆
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JLPT no HSK |
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| dangerous, perilous, endanger, almost, only
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Left: evil, bad 歹 (image of a bare bone, vertebra), right: platform, rack 台 (nose 厶 over the mouth 口)
If sth. evil like a bare bone is on the platform, it is dangerous.
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殉
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JLPT no HSK |
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| dutiful death, to die for a cause, martyrdom
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Left: bare bone 歹 (rib or vertebrae), right: period of 10 days 旬 (When the sun 日 is enwrapped 勹 (by clouds), then often for a duration of 10 days)
The bare bones will remain there for ten days after the dutiful death.
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歼
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JLPT no HSK |
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| to destroy, to annihilate
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Left: bad, wicked 歹 (= bare bone), right: thousand 千
When there are bare bones in thousands, it is: a destruction.
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殡
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JLPT no HSK |
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| a funeral, to encoffin a corpse
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Left: bad, evil 歹 (image of a bone), right: visitor, guest 宾 (Under your roof 宀 a soldier 兵 is billeted as your guest.)
Bones and visitors are: at a funeral.
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