蛇

Translingual

Han character

蛇 (radical 142 虫+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 中戈十心 (LIJP), four-corner 5311₁)

1. snake

References

• KangXi: page 1080, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32964
• Dae Jaweon: page 1548, character 36
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2845, character 8
• Unihan data for U+86C7

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Cantonese

Pronunciation

• IPA: /sɛː˩/

Hanzi

蛇 (Yale se4, yi4)

1. snake

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Japanese

Kanji

蛇 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: じゃ (ja), い (i), だ (da)
• Kun: へび (hebi), くちなわ (kuchinawa)

Etymology 1

pemi > ɸemi > hemi.

Noun

蛇 (hiragana へみ, romaji hemi)

1. a snake

Etymology 2

From earlier hemi. Medial /m/ looses nasal quality becoming a plosive.

Noun

蛇 (hiragana へび, romaji hebi)

1. a snake; a serpent

Etymology 3

kutinapa > kutinaɸa > kutinawa > kuchinawa. From the verb kuchi- (“to rot”) nominalized and napa (“string, cord”). Literally "rotten string" based on the appearance of a snake.

Noun

蛇 (hiragana くちなわ, romaji kuchinawa, historical hiragana くちなは)

1. a snake

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Korean

Hanja

蛇 (hangeul 사, 이, revised sa, i, McCune-Reischauer sa, i, Yale sa, i)

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Hanzi

蛇 (pinyin chí (chi2), shé (she2), tuó (tuo2), yí (yi2), Wade-Giles ch'ih2, she², t'o2, i2)

1. 耶和华神对女人说，你作的是什么事呢？女人说，那蛇引诱我，我就吃了。

   Yēhéhuá shén duì nǚrén shuō , nǐ zuò de shì shénme shì ne . nǚrén shuō , nà shé yǐnyòu wǒ , wǒ jiù chī le .

   And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.

Compounds

• 蛇油 (shéyoú)
• 蛇神

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Vietnamese

Han character

蛇 (xà)