蛇 — Chinese character
蛇
shé
snake
- Pinyin
- shé
- Radical
- 142 ⾍ (Insect)
- Strokes
- 11
- Components
- 虫 它
- Formation
- pictophonetic — worm; meaning component 虫; sound component 它
- Japanese
- 蛇 as a kanji
Common words with 蛇
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 毒蛇 | dú shé | viper |
| 蟒蛇 | mǎng shé | python; boa |
| 眼镜蛇 (眼鏡蛇) | yǎn jìng shé | cobra |
| 响尾蛇 (響尾蛇) | xiǎng wěi shé | rattlesnake |
| 牛鬼蛇神 | niú guǐ shé shén | evil monsters; (fig.) bad characters |
| 蛇头 (蛇頭) | shé tóu | head of a snake; human smuggler |
| 水蛇 | shuǐ shé | water snake |
| 打草惊蛇 (打草驚蛇) | dǎ cǎo jīng shé | lit. beat the grass to scare the snake (idiom); fig. to inadvertently alert an enemy |
| 蛇毒 | shé dú | snake venom |
| 虎头蛇尾 (虎頭蛇尾) | hǔ tóu shé wěi | lit. tiger's head, snake's tail (idiom); fig. a strong start but weak finish |
| 蛇形 | shé xíng | S-shaped; serpentine |
| 蝮蛇 | fù shé | Siberian pit viper (Gloydius halys); pit viper |
English words written with 蛇
蛇 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 1 · Mencius 2 · Zhuangzi 20
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 55
- Mencius 3B.9
- Zhuangzi The Identity of Contraries
- Zhuangzi How to Govern
- Zhuangzi The Circling Sky
- Zhuangzi Autumn Floods
- Zhuangzi Perfect Happiness
- Zhuangzi The Secret of Life
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