Memory phrase for the character: 犠


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Meaning

sacrifice, scapegoat

Pronunciation

GI

Explanation

Left: cow 牛, right: morality, justice 義 (The sacrifice of a sheep 羊 by me (I,me = 我) with the hand 扌 at the halberd 戈, is justice.)

Mnemonic


 
Cows 牛 and sheep 羊 turn by me 我 (= the hand 手 at a halberd 戈) into: sacrifices.

Radicals

cowShows the head キ of a cow with only one horn ノ.
righteousnessThe sacrifice of a sheep 羊 by me (I,me = 我) with the hand 扌 at the halberd 戈, is justice.
sheepPictogram of a sheep from above with horns 丷 backbone 丨 and wool 三 extending to the sides.
I, myself




 Vocabulary

犠牲者 ぎせいしゃ  victim, martyr
犠牲 ぎせい  sacrifice


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