牲

animal sacrifice, offering

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

セイ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

N/A

Stroke Order

9 / 9

Information

Grade:8

Strokes:9

JLPT:N1

Frequency:1274

Vocabulary

セイ

Word	Reading	Meaning
犠牲	ギセイ	sacrifice; victim (esp. someone killed); casualty; sacrifice (to a deity)
犠牲者	ギセイシャ	victim (esp. someone killed); casualty
自己犠牲	ジコギセイ	self-sacrifice; self-renunciation
戦闘犠牲者	セントウギセイシャ	casualty
原爆犠牲者	ゲンバクギセイシャ	atomic bomb victim

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
犠牲	いけにえ	(living) sacrifice; victim; scapegoat
犠牲フライ	ぎせいフライ	sacrifice fly
牲	にえ	offering (to the gods, emperor, etc.); gift; sacrifice
犠牲バント	ぎせいバント	sacrifice bunt
犠牲になる	ぎせいになる	to be sacrificed; to become a victim (of); to fall victim (to); to lose one's life

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

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