殆

Information about character(s)

Radical: 歹
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 5
Total Strokes: 9

Pronunciation

Pinyin: dài
Cantonese: doi6 toi5
JapaneseKun: AYAUI HOTONDO
JapaneseOn: TAI
Korean: THAY

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: dangerous, perilous; endanger

CE-Dict: dangerous/perilous/to endanger/almost/probably/only

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.[Formal] danger
2.nearly; almost

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: almost; danger

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: almost; danger

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《歺部》殆危也。从歺台聲。

康熙字典文字版 【辰集下】【歹字部】殆
【唐韻】徒亥切【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】蕩亥切，𠀤駘上聲。【說文】危也。【禮·祭義】不敢以先父母之體行殆。　又近也。【詩·小雅】無小人殆。【箋】言無與小人近。　又始也。【詩·豳風】殆及公子同歸。【毛傳】殆，始也。　又將也，幾也。【易·繫辭】顏氏之子，其殆庶幾乎。【禮·檀弓】殆不可伐。　又【賈誼·新書】志操精果謂之誠，反誠爲殆。　又與怠通。【左傳·昭五年】滋敝邑休殆。　又叶養里切，音以。【楚辭·天問】女歧縫裳，而館同爰止。何顚易厥首，而親以逢殆。
考證：〔【禮·祭儀】不敢以先父母之體行殆。〕　謹照原書祭儀改祭義。

CF-Dict: danger/presque/à peu près

Han-De-Dict: gefährlich, bedrohlich (u.E.) (Adj)