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牲
shēng
1. domestic animal
2. sacrificial animal
Very Common • Top 2% ✏️ 9 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

牲
shēng
sacrificial animal; domestic animal
HSK 6 9 丶

Compound Words (11)

牺牲
xīshēng
to sacrifice oneself
HSK 6
牲畜
shēngchù
domesticated animals
HSK 6
牲口
shēngkou
animals used for their physical strength (mules, oxen etc)
牲体
shēngtǐ
body of an animal (or human) killed sacrificially
畜牲
chùshēng
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]]
宰牲节
Zǎishēngjié
see [[古爾邦節|古尔邦节<Gǔěrbāngjié>]]
牲畜粪
shēngchùfèn
animal manure
牺牲品
xīshēngpǐn
victim
牺牲打
xīshēngdǎ
sacrifice hit (in sport, e.g. baseball)
牺牲者
xīshēngzhě
victim
英勇牺牲
yīngyǒngxīshēng
to heroically sacrifice one's life

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
1,581
Word Frequency Rank
1,995 of 84,292

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