Memory phrase for the character: 牺

牺

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Meaning sacrifice

Pronunciation

xī

Explanation

Left: cow 牛, right: west 西 (The sun 日 moves 儿 below the horizon 一 at sunset in the west)

Mnemonic
 
The cow sinks down like the sun at sunset in the west, when being: sacrificed.

Radicals

牛 cowsecond earth branch
西 westThis sign has a certain resemblance to the sun 日 in combination with strokes 儿 that point downwards to indicate sunset in the west.
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 Vocabulary

牺牲 xī shēng  to sacrifice oneself; to lay down one's life; to do sth at the expense of; beast slaughtered for sacrifice; sacrifice
牺牲 xī shēng  

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