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牲

animal sacrifice
Stroke count: 9

Readings

On readingセイ
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. animal sacrificeRtK
    彼は彼の命を犠牲にしてその少女を助けた。He rescued the little girl at the cost of his life.tatoeba
    彼は彼の命を犠牲にしてその少女を救助した。He rescued the little girl at the cost of his life.tatoeba
  2. offering
  1. offering (to the gods, emperor, etc.)
  2. gift
  3. sacrifice

Popular Usage

犠牲

Radicals and components

Radical牛cow
Components
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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cow (牛) · life · This is Your Life · cell · drop (丶) · grow up

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1680

Compound words

犠牲ぎせい
sacrifice; victim (esp. someone killed); casualty; sacrifice (to a deity)
犠牲者ぎせいしゃ
victim (esp. someone killed); casualty
犠牲打ぎせいだ
sacrifice (bunt or fly)
犠牲的ぎせいてき
self-sacrificing
自己犠牲じこぎせい
self-sacrifice
犠牲フライぎせいフライ
sacrifice fly
原爆犠牲者げんばくぎせいしゃ
atomic bomb victim
戦争犠牲者せんそうぎせいしゃ
war victim
戦闘犠牲者せんとうぎせいしゃ
casualty

On Reading Examples

彼は成功するのに非常な犠牲をはらった。ぎせい
He paid too high a price for success.tatoeba
彼は自分の命を犠牲にして娘を火災から救った。ぎせい
He saved his daughter from the fire at the cost of his own life.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は成功するのに非常な犠牲をはらった。
He paid too high a price for success.tatoeba
彼は自分の命を犠牲にして娘を火災から救った。
He saved his daughter from the fire at the cost of his own life.tatoeba

Stroke Order

9 strokes

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