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The character 歹 derives from an early pictograph representing fractured bones or remnants, which originally conveyed concrete notions of physical decay and mortality. Its structure serves as a semantic component in numerous characters associated with adverse conditions, such as 死 denoting death and 殘 indicating incompleteness or damage. Over the centuries, the meaning of 歹 expanded from its specific link to corporeal deterioration to encompass abstract qualities of moral badness, evil intent, and general harm, thereby establishing its consistent function as a radical for negative attributes in character formation.
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歹徒被警察抓了。
他对她没有歹意。
你好歹试一试吧。
这个人非常歹毒。
那个歹徒终于被制服了。
他的歹念让人害怕。
虽然他有歹意，但没行动。
你好歹听一下我的解释再说。