漢字Kanji · in Animals & Wildlife
牲: animal sacrifice, offering
JLPT N19 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
牛 carries the meaning · 生 gives the sound
9 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
セイsei · on'yomi · in compounds
- 犠牲ぎせいsacrifice
- 犠牲者ぎせいしゃvictim (esp. someone killed); casualty
- 犠牲的ぎせいてきself-sacrificing
Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“The provider on the left! When the "cow" moves to the side, it sets the stage for characters related to physical "things" and the "sacrifice" required for sacred rites.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
牲 takes the 生 family's reading, セイ (sei).
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side牲 animal sacrifice · 牛
vs姓 surname · 女In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · shēng
Same form: 牲 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 牲 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 牲 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin shēng most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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