歹

It conveys meanings such as "emaciated bones" or "evil/bad."

When used as a radical, it generally conveys meanings related to death, injury, or harm, so most characters under this radical have negative or ominous meanings.

However, there are some exceptions with neutral meanings, such as 殊 (different), 殖 (to increase), and 殘 (to remain).

For example, the character 飱 (meaning "evening meal") has a neutral meaning, but the others like 殊, 殖, and 殘 originally related to meanings such as execution (beheading), old land, cruelty, or leftover remnants.

The character 殘 especially is used in words with negative connotations like 잔반 (leftover food) and 패잔병 (defeated soldiers), reinforcing the association with 歹 (the "death" radical).