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牺
犧
xī
1. sacrifice
Very Common • Top 3%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

牺
xī
to sacrifice, to give up, to die for a cause
HSK 6 10 丶

Compound Words (6)

牺牲
xīshēng
to sacrifice oneself
HSK 6
庖牺氏
Páoxīshì
another name for [[伏羲<FúXī>]], consort of [[女媧|女娲<Nǚwā>]]
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
1,813
Word Frequency Rank
2,138 of 84,292