牲shēng
sacrificial animal; domestic animal. 9 strokes, radical 牛, first met in HSK 6.
Pinyin shēngStrokes 9Radical 牛Band HSK 6Words 1
What 牲 is made of
牛 (niú, ox) and 生 (shēng, life).
牛 carries the meaning — ox — and 生 carries the sound.
How to write 牲
Strokes 1–4 write 牛, then strokes 5–9 write 生.
Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 牲
Words that use 牲
| 牺牲 | to sacrifice, give up 指为别人放弃自己的利益 一位前辈为此牺牲过休息时间。One senior member had given up her rest time for it. Lesson 660, 舞蹈宣传 · 笃志博雅与通达四海 · Scholarly Diligence & Global Connections |
Characters that share the sound part 生
Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.
More characters with the radical 牛
All 6 of them, and what the radical means, on the 牛 radical page.