Kanji

蛇

Meaning

snake serpent and hard drinker

Readings

Kun'yomi

  • へび snake
  • へび ざ Serpens (constellation)
  • へび がわ snakeskin

On'yomi

  • じゃ ぐち faucet
  • じゃ のめ bull's-eye (pattern)
  • じゃ どく snake venom
  • だ こう meandering
  • ちょう だ のれつ long line
  • だ そく redundancy
  • い い winding
  • や

Practice Writing

Stroke: 1/11

Related Entries

蛇 へび
snake, serpent, large snake

Component Analysis

蛇
snake, serpent, hard drinker
へび, ジャ, ダ
虫
insect, bug, temper
むし, チュウ, キ
中
in, inside, middle...
なか, うち, チュウ
口
mouth
くち, コウ, ク
丨
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
すす.む, しりぞ.く, コン
它
other
へび, タ
宀
shaped crown, katakana u radical (no. 40)
ベン, メン
冖
wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14)
ベキ
匕
spoon, spoon or katakana hi radical (no. 21)
さじ, ヒ

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