| Uni: | 6B79 |
| Meaning: | death, decay |
| Pny: | dǎi |
| Bopo: | ㄉㄞˇ |
| Wade: | tai3 |
| Jyutping: | aat3 daai2 |
| Yale: | dáai |
| Poj: | tái |
| Cn: | 歹字旁 dǎizìpáng |
| Onyomi: | ガツ gatsu |
| Jp: | かばねへん kabanehen 歹/がつ gatsu 歹偏/がつへん gatsuhen 死構/しにがまえ shinigamae 一タ偏/いちたへん ichitahen 一夕偏/いっせきへん ichisekihen |
| Hang: | 뼈앙상할 ppyeo angsanghal |
| Hanja: | 알 al |
Radical 78 or radical death meaning "death", "decay", "bad" or "vicious" is one of the 34 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals in total) composed of 4 strokes.
In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 231 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
is also the 67th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China, with being its associated indexing component.
| Strokes | Characters | |
|---|---|---|
| +0 | ||
| +2 | ||
| +3 | SC (=殲) | |
| +4 | SC (=歿) | |
| +5 | SC (=殤) | |
| +6 | SC/JP (=殘) | |
| +7 | SC (=殞) SC (=殮) | |
| +8 | SC/TC/Kangxi/JP/KO SC (=殫) | |
| +9 | ||
| +10 | SC (=殯) | |
| +11 | ||
| +12 | ||
| +13 | ||
| +14 | ||
| +15 | (=殲) | |
| +17 |