蛇 — kanji meaning “snake”
蛇
snake, serpent, hard drinker
- Meanings
- snake, serpent, hard drinker
- On'yomi
- ジャ (ja)、ダ (da)、イ (i)、ヤ (ya)
- Kun'yomi
- へび
- Name readings
- あぶ、み
- Strokes
- 11
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1721 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 142
- Chinese reading
- shé, yí — Chinese character page
Words with 蛇
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 蛇口 | じゃぐち jaguchi | faucet; tap |
| 蛇行 | だこう dakou | meandering; snaking; zigzagging |
| 大蛇 | だいじゃ daija | big snake; (large) serpent |
| 蛇の目 | じゃのめ janome | bull's-eye (pattern); double ring (pattern) |
| 大蛇 | おろち orochi | giant snake; monster serpent |
| 蛇足 | だそく dasoku | redundancy; superfluity; useless addition |
| 長蛇 | ちょうだ chouda | long snake |
| 毒蛇 | どくじゃ dokuja | venomous snake; poisonous snake |
| 白蛇 | しろへび shirohebi | albino Japanese rat snake |
| 蛇腹 | じゃばら jabara | bellows (of an accordion, camera, etc.) |
| 長蛇の列 | ちょうだのれつ choudanoretsu | long line; long queue |
| 蛇蝎 | だかつ dakatsu | snakes and scorpions |
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