Taxonomy of meanings for 牲:　　

    Additional information about 牲

    說文解字: 【牲】，牛完全也。从牛、生聲。 【所庚切】

      Criteria
    • DOMESTIC ANIMAL

      1. The current general word for domestic animals is shēng 牲.

      2. Chú huàn 芻豢 refers to grain and hay-eating domestic animals, particularly sheep, bovines, pigs.

      3. Chù 畜 refers to domestic animals under the aspect that they are being reared.

      4. Chú 芻 refers to domestic animals fed on hey.

      5. Huàn 豢 refers to domestic animals fed on grain.

      6. Wù 鶩 refers to the domestic duck but can also come to refer to the wild duck.

      NB Yā 鴨 is post-Buddhist and refers to the domestic duck.

    • SACRIFICIAL ANIMAL

      1. The general term for sacrificial animals is xī shēng 犧牲.

      2. Xī 犧 refers specifically for an animal that has been used in sacrifice.

      3. Shēng 牲 refers specifically to an animal that one intends to use for sacrificial purposes.

      4. Quán 牷 refers to an animal that has been selected for special rearing for sacrificial purposes because of it's unified colour.

      5. Láo 牢 refers collectively to a set of animals used for sacrificing, usually consistic of an ox, a sheep and a pig, as in the Roman suovetaurilia.

      Word relations
    • Assoc: (SACRIFICIAL ANIMAL)犧/SACRIFICIAL ANIMAL Xī 犧 refers specifically for an animal that has been used in sacrifice.