Unicode: U+727A

Pinyin: suō xī

Definition

* 古代称做祭品用的纯色牲畜。 ~牲(➊古代祭祀用牲的通称,色纯为"牺",体全为"牲",如"~~玉帛,弗敢加也,必以信";➋为了崇高的目的舍去自己的生命或权利等,如"为祖国不怕流血~~";➌放弃或损害一方的利益,如"他~~自己的休息时间,突击完成了任务")。~牛。~尊(古代牺牛形的酒器)

sacrifice, give up; sacrificial

Structure

牺 graph

Related substructures

Precursors

Chu Script
c. 770–221 BCE (Chu, Spring & Autumn–Warring States)
A regional script tradition used in the state of Chu, best known from brush-written bamboo and silk manuscripts with distinctive local forms.Wikipedia ->
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Small Seal Script
Standardized 221–206 BCE (Qin); developed earlier in Qin
The standardized seal script promulgated after Qin’s unification, based on earlier Qin seal forms and used as an empire-wide norm.Wikipedia ->
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Transmitted Pre-Qin Forms
Pre-Qin forms (≤221 BCE) / late 2nd century BCE onward (Han → later textual transmission)
Pre-Qin character forms preserved through later textual transmission (often discussed as the 'Old Text' / guwen tradition). Shaped by repeated copying, they can diverge from excavated Warring States materials.Wikipedia ->
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Last Modified: 2026-01-29 11:48 UTC