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sacrifice
Stroke count: 17

Readings

On reading
Kun readingいけにえ

Meanings

  1. sacrificeRtK
  1. victim (esp. someone killed)
  2. casualty
  3. sacrifice (to a deity)

Popular Usage

犠牲

Radicals and components

Radicalcow
Components
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Mnemonic (RtK)

cow () · righteousness · sheep () · ego · hand () · fiesta

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 693

Compound words

彼は彼の命を牲にしてその少女を助けた。ぎせい
He rescued the little girl at the cost of his life.tatoeba
彼は彼の命を牲にしてその少女を救助した。ぎせい
He rescued the little girl at the cost of his life.tatoeba
彼は成功するのに非常な牲をはらった。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
彼は彼の命を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
彼は成功するのに非常な牲をはらった。
He paid too high a price for success.tatoeba
彼は自分の命を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

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