生贄

Japanese

Kanji in this term
生	贄
い(け) Grade: 1	にえ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
生け贄 犠牲

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) いけにえ [ìkéníé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ike̞ɲ̟ie̞]

Noun

生(いけ)贄(にえ) • (ikenie) ^{←いけにへ (ikenife)?}

1. sacrifice, offering (to a god)