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Kanji Detail for 犧 - "sacrifice"

犧

  • Meaning

    犧 means "sacrifice."

    1. Sacrifice - An animal offered to the gods.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    sacrifice

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    sacrifice, give up; sacrificial

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    sacrifice

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to sacrifice, to give up, to die for a cause

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Sacrificial animals for ancestral temples. Those of pure color are called 犧. | King Tang of Shang offered himself as a sacrificial victim while praying for rain. Hence today people call giving up everything 犧牲 (sacrifice).
  • Onyomitip

    gi(ぎ) ぎ

    ki(き) き

  • Kunyomitip

    ikenie(いけにえ) いけにえ

  • Strokestip

    20 strokes

  • Radicaltip

    牛 牜 (ushi・ushihen)

  • Related Keywords
    sacrifice animal offered gods
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