Components
Traditional (犧)
Simplified (牺)
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Historical Evolution
牺
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
牺
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
牺
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
牺
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
牺
Regular
Modern
Chinese
牺 / 犧 [xī]
sacrifice
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (7)
牺牲 [xīshēng] #1,827
to sacrifice one's life
牺牲品 [xīshēngpǐn] #13,051
sacrificial victim
牺牲者 [xīshēngzhě] #40,000
sb who sacrifices himself
英勇牺牲 [yīngyǒngxīshēng] #40,259
to heroically sacrifice one's life
庖牺氏 [Páoxīshì] #72,595
another name for 伏羲[FúXī], consort of 女媧|女娲[Nǚwā]
伏牺 [FúXī]
variant of 伏羲[FúXī]
牺牲打 [xīshēngdǎ]
sacrifice hit (in sport, e.g. baseball)
JAPANESE WORDS (20)
⭐ 犠牲 [ぎせい] #2,561
sacrifice
⭐ 犠牲者 [ぎせいしゃ] #7,247
victim (esp. someone killed)
犠牲になる [ぎせいになる] #7,268
to be sacrificed
生贄 [いけにえ] #11,388
(living) sacrifice
自己犠牲 [じこぎせい] #22,733
self-sacrifice
犠牲者が出る [ぎせいしゃがでる] #23,944
to claim victims
犠牲を払う [ぎせいをはらう] #23,949
to make sacrifices for
犠牲者を出す [ぎせいしゃをだす] #33,050
to claim victims
どんな犠牲を払っても [どんなぎせいをはらっても] #86,965
at all costs
供犠 [くぎ] #90,855
sacrifice
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KOREAN WORDS (2)