| 歹 dǎi |
| death ; bad |
| 好歹 hǎo dǎi |
| 歹徒 dǎi tú | |
Graphically, it looks like the remains of dead man. Characters with the radical 歹 usually have the meaning of “death” or “bad,” e.g. 死, death, 葬, interment, 残，incomplete, 殡, funeral, 殆, end, 殁 kill and 殃, affect, to name a few. |