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牲 — 9 strokes ／ Radical「牛」

道
3Junior high level ／ 9 strokes ／ Radical「牛」
On
セイせい · sei
Kun
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Meaning
animal sacrifice

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

牛 "ox" with 生 "living": a living ox offered up — an animal sacrifice.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onセイせいsei犠牲ぎせい

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 犠牲ぎせい

    sacrifice

  • 犠牲者ぎせいしゃ

    victim

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

事故(じこ)の犠牲(ぎせい)者(しゃ)を悼(いた)んだ。

We mourned the victims of the accident.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 牛Map of reading セイAll maps

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