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Chinese symbol for “rattlesnake”

响尾蛇
xiǎng wěi shé
Traditional: 響尾蛇
rattlesnake

The closest CC-CEDICT match for rattlesnake is 响尾蛇 (xiǎng wěi shé), defined as: rattlesnake.

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

响 xiǎng
to make noise, to make sound; sound
radical 30 ⼝ · 9 strokes
尾 wěi
tail; extremity, end; back, rear
radical 44 ⼫ · 7 strokes
蛇 shé
snake
radical 142 ⾍ · 11 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 响尾蛇.

WordPinyinMeaning
影响 (影響)yǐng xiǎnginfluence; effect
影响力 (影響力)yǐng xiǎng lìinfluence; impact
响应 (響應)xiǎng yìngto respond to; answer
反响 (反響)fǎn xiǎngrepercussions; reaction
音响 (音響)yīn xiǎngsound; acoustics; audio; hi-fi system; stereo sound system (abbr. for 组合音响 (zǔ hé yīn xiǎng))
响起 (響起)xiǎng qǐ(of a sound) to come forth; (of a sound source) to ring out
尾巴wěi batail; colloquial pr. [yi3 ba5]
结尾 (結尾)jié wěiending; coda
毒蛇dú shéviper

See also: Japanese symbol for “rattlesnake”.

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.