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The Kanji Map

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: ギ, キ

Composition: 牛 義

犠

Radical

Radical: 牛

Meaning: cow

Reading: うし

Frequency: 233

Alternative forms:

牜(alt radical position hen)

牛

Examples

Onyomi Examples

犠牲者 (ギセイシャ) victim (esp. someone killed), casualty

犠牲 (ギセイ) sacrifice, victim (esp. someone killed), casualty, sacrifice (to a deity)

供犠 (クギ) sacrifice, sacrificial animal

Kunyomi Examples

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

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