犠

sacrifice

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

キギ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

いけにえ

Stroke Order

17 / 17

Information

Grade:8

Strokes:17

JLPT:N1

Frequency:1189

Vocabulary

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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
犠打	ギダ	sacrifice (bunt or fly)
犠飛	ギヒ	sacrifice fly
自己犠牲	ジコギセイ	self-sacrifice; self-renunciation

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
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
どんな犠牲を払っても	どんなぎせいをはらっても	at all costs; whatever the price; would give anything

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

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scaffold, cleat, frame, jetty, bolt (door)

contraption, fetter, machine, instrument

animal sacrifice, offering