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蛇
shé
snake
🔤 Pictophonetic:
虫 (worm) provides meaning, 它 provides pronunciation
Words Using 蛇 (76)
Character
Pinyin
Definition
HSK
蛇
shé
snake / serpent / CL:[[條|条<tiáo>]]
5
蛇
shé
snake / serpent / CL:[[條|条<tiáo>]]
画蛇添足
huàshétiānzú
lit. draw legs on a snake (idiom); fig. to ruin the effect by adding sth superfluous / to overdo it
6
画蛇添足
huàshétiānzú
lit. draw legs on a snake (idiom); fig. to ruin the effect by adding sth superfluous / to overdo it
毒蛇
dúshé
viper
毒蛇
dúshé
viper
蟒蛇
mǎngshé
python / boa
蟒蛇
mǎngshé
python / boa
蛇皮
shépí
snake skin
蛇皮
shépí
snake skin
蛇形
shéxíng
S-shaped / serpentine / coiled like a snake
蛇形
shéxíng
S-shaped / serpentine / coiled like a snake
人蛇
rénshé
illegal immigrant
人蛇
rénshé
illegal immigrant
人蛇集团
rénshéjítuán
human smuggling syndicate / snakehead gang
人蛇集团
rénshéjítuán
human smuggling syndicate / snakehead gang
三索锦蛇
sānsuǒjǐnshé
copperhead race (Elaphe radiata), kind of snake
三索锦蛇
sānsuǒjǐnshé
copperhead race (Elaphe radiata), kind of snake
八岐大蛇
BāqíDàshé
Yamata no Orochi, serpent with eight heads and eight tails from mythological chapter of Nihon Shoki (Chronicles of Japan)
八岐大蛇
BāqíDàshé
Yamata no Orochi, serpent with eight heads and eight tails from mythological chapter of Nihon Shoki (Chronicles of Japan)
Component Breakdown
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⿰虫它
i
Component Tree i
zhōng
中
central; center, middle; amidst; to hit (target), to attain; China; Chinese
💡 Ideographic:
A line 丨 through the center of a box 口
4 strokes
HSK 1
unknown
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Unknown component - strokes not mapped to a known radical
2 strokes