犧 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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xī

sacrifice

Components

牛 Meaning component

niú

cow

羲 Sound component

xī

ancient emperor

Evolution

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

xī

sacrifice, give up; sacrificial; sacrifice

Most common words with 犧

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	牺牲	to sacrifice one's life
	牺牲品	sacrificial victim
	牺牲者	sacrificial victim
	英勇牺牲	to heroically sacrifice one's life
	牺	sacrifice

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*ŋ̊(r)a[j]	xje	xī	sacrificial animal

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 15.7296% of movies

1680th most common character in movies

1814th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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