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.

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.

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.

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 turn vermilion, that is so unique.

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.

Left: bad, wicked 歹 (=bare bone, HERE: vari. of many 多), right: immediately 直 (Ten 十 eyes 目 watch the base line __that is straight.)
Many things can immediately be grown & reproduced.

Left: bad, wicked 歹[= bare bone], right: 戋 (two 二 halberds 戈)
Only bones and two halberds remained: at the destruction.

The image of a bare bone 歹, like vertebrae or rib, stands for bad or wicked.

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.

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.

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.

Left: bad, wicked 歹 (= bare bone), right: thousand 千
When there are bare bones in thousands, it is: a destruction.

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.