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犠 = 牛 + 義
犠 is a Japanese kanji written with 17 strokes, listed here under the keyword “sacrifice”. It is built from 牛 (cow) and 義 (righteousness). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 693.
- Keyword
- sacrifice
- RTK frame
- 693
- Strokes
- 17
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- ギ, キ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- いけにえ
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- жертва
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 犠 sacrifice
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 犠 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “cow” + “righteousness”. 犠 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 犠 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.