殆 — Chinese character
殆
dài
almost, probably; danger, peril; to endanger
- Pinyin
- dài
- Radical
- 78 ⽍ (Death)
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- 歹 台
- Formation
- pictophonetic — death; meaning component 歹; sound component 台
- Japanese
- 殆 as a kanji
Common words with 殆
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 殆尽 (殆盡) | dài jìn | almost exhausted; nearly depleted; practically nothing left |
| 危殆 | wēi dài | grave danger; in jeopardy |
| 百战不殆 (百戰不殆) | bǎi zhàn bù dài | to come unscathed through a hundred battles (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孙子兵法 (Sūn zǐ Bīng fǎ)); to win every fight |
| 丧失殆尽 (喪失殆盡) | sàng shī dài jìn | to be used up; to be exhausted |
殆 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 5 · Analects 4 · Art of War 3 · Mencius 5 · Zhuangzi 26 · Great Learning 1
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 16
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 25
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 32
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 44
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 52
- Analects 2.15
- Analects 2.18
- Analects 15.10
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