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蛇

snake
Stroke count: 11

Readings

On readingジャ、ダ、イ、ヤ
Kun readingへび
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. snakeRtK
    乾いてぼそぼそになったパンをかみながらの山の旅で、大蛇にあった。While on a mountain trip, I was chewing on some hard, stale bread when I happened upon a huge snake.tatoeba
    彼は蛇を怖がっている。He is afraid of snakes.tatoeba
  2. serpent
  3. hard drinker
  1. large snake

Popular Usage

蛇口

Radicals and components

Radical虫insect
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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insect (虫) · wind chimes · house · spoon (匕) · sitting on the ground

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 558

Compound words

蛇口じゃぐち
faucet; tap
蛇行だこう
meandering; snaking; zigzagging
蛇の目じゃのめ
bull's-eye (pattern); double ring (pattern); umbrella with bull's-eye pattern
長蛇の列ちょうだのれつ
long line; long queue
烏蛇からすへび
black Japanese striped snake (Elaphe quadrivirgata)
錦蛇にしきへび
python
黒蛇くろへび
blacksnake
縞蛇しまへび
Japanese four-lined ratsnake (Elaphe quadrivirgata)
蛇目じゃのめ
bull's-eye (pattern)
蛇苺へびいちご
false strawberry (Duchesnea chrysantha)
蛇蝎だかつ
snakes and scorpions
蛇蠍だかつ
snakes and scorpions
薮蛇やぶへび
unnecessary trouble brought upon oneself
藪蛇やぶへび
unnecessary trouble brought upon oneself
蟒蛇うわばみ
large snake
珊瑚蛇さんごへび
coral snake
蛇ノ目じゃのめ
bull's-eye (pattern)
蛇銀宝へびぎんぽ
Enneapterygius etheostomus (species of threefin blenny)
蛇床子じゃしょうし
Cnidium monnieri fruit
蛇舅母カナヘビ
lacertid (any lizard of family Lacertidae, esp. the Japanese grass lizard, Takydromus tachydromoides)
竹根蛇ひばかり
Asian keelback (Amphiesma vibakari)
封豕長蛇ほうしちょうだ
greedy and cruel
龍頭蛇尾りゅうとうだび
strong beginning and weak ending
蜒々長蛇えんえんちょうだ
long and serpentine (line, queue, etc.)

Additional Examples

彼は蛇が大嫌いだ。
He has an abhorrence of snakes.tatoeba
水道の蛇口が壊れていて使えなかった。
We couldn't use the faucet because it was out of order.tatoeba
水が壊れた蛇口から吹き出した。
Water spouted from the broken faucet.tatoeba

Stroke Order

11 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 蛇

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step