歹 Home·Characters·歹 Character · Qualities 歹 gatsuhen bones Composition 1234 Origin Pictograph of bones stripped of flesh; radical of death and loss. Related characters 死death, dying残remain, leftover不not, negation乏lack, scarcity也to be, also事matter, affair他other以by means of位rank, position何what, which健sturdy, healthy元origin, beginning