残 Strokes Write it Listen 残 cán to destroy; to spoil; to ruin HSK 6 9 strokes Radical 歹 Sound + meaning 9 words Built from歹meaningdǎicorpse; death; evil, depraved, wicked戋soundjiānsmall, narrow; tiny, little How it works歹 hints at the meaning (death), and 戋 jiān hints at the sound.