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Chinese symbol for “serpentine”

蛇纹石
shé wén shí
Traditional: 蛇紋石
serpentine (geology)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for serpentine is 蛇纹石 (shé wén shí), defined as: serpentine (geology).

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

蛇 shé
snake
radical 142 ⾍ · 11 strokes
纹 wén
line, stripe; pattern, decoration; wrinkle
radical 120 ⽷ · 7 strokes
石 shí
stone, rock, mineral
radical 112 ⽯ · 5 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “serpentine”

WordPinyinMeaning
蛇纹岩 (蛇紋岩)shé wén yánserpentine (geology)
蛇形shé xíngS-shaped; serpentine

Related words

Other words that share a character with 蛇纹石.

WordPinyinMeaning
毒蛇dú shéviper
蟒蛇mǎng shépython; boa
眼镜蛇 (眼鏡蛇)yǎn jìng shécobra
响尾蛇 (響尾蛇)xiǎng wěi shérattlesnake
牛鬼蛇神niú guǐ shé shénevil monsters; (fig.) bad characters
蛇头 (蛇頭)shé tóuhead of a snake; human smuggler
指纹 (指紋)zhǐ wénfingerprint; the arches, loops and whorls on the fingers
纹身 (紋身)wén shēnvariant of 文身 (wén shēn)
石油shí yóuoil; petroleum

See also: Japanese symbol for “serpentine”.

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.

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