牲
牲·animal sacrifice, offering
- On-yomi
- せい
- Kun-yomi
- none
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Stroke order
Write it in this order; the numbers mark where each stroke starts.
Common words
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 犠牲 | ぎせい | sacrifice |
| 犠牲者 | ぎせいしゃ | victim, casualty |
| 犠牲的 | ぎせいてき | self-sacrificing |
| 自己犠牲 | じこぎせい | self-sacrifice |
Example sentences
台風の犠牲者を悼む式が開かれた。
たいふうのぎせいしゃをいたむしきがひらかれた。
A ceremony was held to mourn the victims of the typhoon.
睡眠時間を犠牲にして勉強した。
すいみんじかんをぎせいにしてべんきょうした。
I studied at the cost of my sleep.
彼の犠牲的な行動に皆が感動した。
かれのぎせいてきなこうどうにみながかんどうした。
Everyone was moved by his self-sacrificing act.
Similar-looking kanji
Do not confuse these on the exam.
Common mistakes
- Writing 犠牲 as 犠性 — this character takes the ox radical, not 忄
- Trying to use 牲 by itself; in practice it appears only in 犠牲 and its derivatives
Memory aid
Picture it
Ox 牛 plus 生 'life': the living animal offered up — the second half of the pair 犠牲.
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