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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

How to write 牺

Strokes 1–4 write 牛, then strokes 5–10 write 西.

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Stroke order chart for 牺 — 10 strokes, radical 牛

Write 牺 on the grid

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 · the stroke-order rules

What 牺 is made of

牛 (niú, ox) and 西 (xī, west).

牛 carries the meaning — ox — and 西 carries the sound.

Words that use 牺

牺(xī)牲(shēng) 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.

晒shài洒sǎ

More characters with the radical 牛

All 6 of them, and what the radical means, on the 牛 radical page.

牛niú物wù特tè牢láo牲shēng