牲 — Chinese character
牲
shēng
sacrificial animal; domestic animal
- Pinyin
- shēng
- Radical
- 93 ⽜ (Cow)
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- 牛 生
- Formation
- pictophonetic — ox; meaning component 牛; sound component 生
- Japanese
- 牲 as a kanji
Common words with 牲
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 牺牲 (犧牲) | xī shēng | to sacrifice one's life; to sacrifice (sth valued) |
| 牲畜 | shēng chù | farm animal; livestock |
| 牲口 | shēng kou | animals used for their physical strength (mules, oxen etc); beast of burden |
| 牺牲品 (犧牲品) | xī shēng pǐn | sacrificial victim; sb who is expendable |
| 畜牲 | chù shēng | variant of 畜生 (chù sheng) |
| 牺牲者 (犧牲者) | xī shēng zhě | sb who sacrifices himself; sacrificial victim |
| 三牲 | sān shēng | the three sacrificial animals (originally cow, sheep and pig; later pig, chicken and fish) |
| 牲礼 (牲禮) | shēng lǐ | (religion) to sacrifice; sacrifice |
| 祭牲 | jì shēng | sacrificial animal |
| 牲体 (牲體) | shēng tǐ | body of an animal (or human) killed sacrificially |
| 牺牲打 (犧牲打) | xī shēng dǎ | sacrifice hit (in sport, e.g. baseball) |
| 英勇牺牲 (英勇犧牲) | yīng yǒng xī shēng | to heroically sacrifice one's life |
牲 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: I Ching 1 · Mencius 6 · Zhuangzi 2
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