Radical: 牛 pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

牺 decomposes into the following components:

Semantic component: ; phonetic component: 西.

Words containing 牺

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 牺.

伏牺
fú xī
牺牲
xī shēng
to sacrifice oneself
庖牺氏
páo xī shì
another name for 伏羲[Fu2 Xi1], consort of 女媧|女娲[Nu:3 wa1]
牺牲品
xī shēng pǐn
victim
牺牲打
xī shēng dǎ
sacrifice hit (in sport, e.g. baseball)
牺牲者
xī shēng zhě
victim
英勇牺牲
yīng yǒng xī shēng
to heroically sacrifice one's life

Related characters (radical 牛)

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