牺xī
to sacrifice, to give up, to die for a cause. 10 strokes, radical 牛, first met in HSK 6.
Pinyin xīStrokes 10Radical 牛Band HSK 6Words 1
What 牺 is made of
牛 carries the meaning — ox — and 西 carries the sound.
How to write 牺
Strokes 1–4 write 牛, then strokes 5–10 write 西.
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 牺
Words that use 牺
| 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 西
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.