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牲 = 牛 + 生

牲 is a Japanese kanji written with 9 strokes, listed here under the keyword “animal sacrifice”. It is built from 牛 (cow) and 生 (life). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1680.

Keyword
animal sacrifice
RTK frame
1680
Strokes
9
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
セイ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
жертвоприношение животных
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
牲 sacrificial animal

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 牛 cow
  2. 生 life

How to find 牲 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “cow” + “life”. 牲 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

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