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shēng

sacrificial animal; domestic animal

🔤 Pictophonetic: 牛 (ox) provides meaning, 生 provides pronunciation
HSK 6 9 strokes Common (16%)

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⿰牛生 i

Stroke Order

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Component Tree i

niú
ox, cow, bull
📷 Pictographic: An ox's horned head
4 strokes HSK 2
shēng
life, lifetime; birth; growth
💡 Ideographic:  A shoot 屮 growing in the soil 土
5 strokes HSK 1

Words Using 牲 (12)

shēngchù
牲畜
HSK 6
domesticated animals / livestock
xīshēng
牺牲
HSK 6
to sacrifice oneself / to lay down one's life / to do sth at the expense of / beast slaughtered for sacrifice / sacrifice / CL:[[個|个<gè>]]
shēng
domestic animal / sacrificial animal
chùshēng
畜牲
livestock, or specifically the six farm animals cow, horse, sheep, cock, dog, pig [[牛馬羊雞狗豬|牛马羊鸡狗猪]] / an insult, You animal!
shēngkou
牲口
animals used for their physical strength (mules, oxen etc) / beast of burden
xīshēngzhě
牺牲者
victim / prey
shēngtǐ
牲体
body of an animal (or human) killed sacrificially
shēngchùfèn
牲畜粪
animal manure
Zǎishēngjié
宰牲节
see [[古爾邦節|古尔邦节<Gǔěrbāngjié>]]
xīshēngpǐn
牺牲品
victim / prey / loss leader (pricing)
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