歹 (U+6B79)
歹¹
Shortening of 死 used in compound glyphs as a semantic DIE.
歹²
| S.Song | Yuan | Yuan | Qing |
|---|---|---|---|
 |  |  |  |
| 成吉思汗手詔累朝崇道碑 | 紫微宮聖旨碑 | 御香代祀碑 | 內本康熙 |
{歹} ꜂taj “bad”
Likely a graphical borrowing of a Khitan Small Script character.
- 鄒虎 2026 - 「歹」字溯源
死 (U+6B7B)
| Shang (Yuanti) | Shang (Huadong) | Early W.Zhou | Late W.Zhou | Qin | W.Han | W.Han | E.Han | Nanbei (N.Wei) | Tang | Qing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 合21890 | 花21 | 集4179 | 集4438.2 | 睡.日乙150 | 馬.經19上 | 北.老101 | 五.木牘291B | 南0261X | 五經文字 | 內本康熙 |
{死} *sijʔ “to die” (& {葬} *tsˤaŋs “to bury”)
Either 歺 SHOVEL + 人 PERSON (created for {死}) or 人 PERSON + ♪歺 *TSAŊ (created for {葬} and later began to be used for {死}; in early script some glyphs were used for both words {葬} and {死}).
- 張昂 2024 - 說“死”“葬”
Forms:
歹 - Shortening used in compound glyphs as a semantic.