Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1189 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 17

Meaning: sacrifice

Kunyomi: いけにえ

Onyomi:

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: cow

Examples

Onyomi Examples

牲者 ギセイシャ victim

ギセイ sacrifice, victim, sacrifice (to a deity)

クギ sacrifice, sacrificial animal

Kunyomi Examples

生贄 いけにえ (living) sacrifice, victim, scapegoat