犠 – sacrifice

17 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1189 in newspaper frequencyN1 vocabulary

The kanji 犠 means sacrifice. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ギ、キ (gi, ki); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is いけにえ (ikenie). It is written with 17 strokes, under radical 牛 (no. 93).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ギ	gi
On’yomi	キ	ki
Kun’yomi	いけにえ	ikenie

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 牛 (Kangxi radical 93). Components: 一・王・牛・并・羊・亅・戈・手.

Words using 犠

犠牲ぎせいsacrifice

Example sentences

数千人がこの病気の犠牲になった。

Thousands of people became victims of this disease.

Tatoeba #143516

Kanji with the same radical

物特牛牲牧

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