Chinese symbol for “adder”
黄颔蛇
huáng hàn shé
Traditional: 黃頷蛇
adder (zoology)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for adder is 黄颔蛇 (huáng hàn shé), defined as: adder (zoology).
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 黄颔蛇.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 黄金 (黃金) | huáng jīn | gold; golden (opportunity) |
| 黄色 (黃色) | huáng sè | yellow; vulgar; lewd; pornographic |
| 黄昏 (黃昏) | huáng hūn | dusk; evening |
| 黄瓜 (黃瓜) | huáng guā | cucumber; 条 (tiáo) |
| 金黄 (金黃) | jīn huáng | golden yellow; golden |
| 黄牛 (黃牛) | huáng niú | ox; cattle; scalper of tickets etc |
| 颔首 (頷首) | hàn shǒu | to nod one's head |
| 颔联 (頷聯) | hàn lián | third and fourth lines (in an eight-line poem) which form a couplet |
| 毒蛇 | dú shé | viper |
See also: Japanese symbol for “adder”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.