Chinese symbol for “cobra”
眼镜蛇
yǎn jìng shé
Traditional: 眼鏡蛇
cobra
The closest CC-CEDICT match for cobra is 眼镜蛇 (yǎn jìng shé), defined as: cobra.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 眼镜蛇.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 眼睛 | yǎn jing | eye; 只 (zhī),双 (shuāng) |
| 眼前 | yǎn qián | before one's eyes; now |
| 眼泪 (眼淚) | yǎn lèi | tear; teardrop; measure word: 滴 (dī) |
| 眼中 | yǎn zhōng | in (sb's) eyes |
| 眼镜 (眼鏡) | yǎn jìng | spectacles; eyeglasses |
| 眼光 | yǎn guāng | gaze; insight |
| 镜头 (鏡頭) | jìng tóu | camera lens; camera shot (in a movie etc) |
| 镜子 (鏡子) | jìng zi | mirror; measure word: 面 (miàn), 个 (gè) |
| 毒蛇 | dú shé | viper |
See also: Japanese symbol for “cobra”.
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.