蛇
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snake; serpent; CL:條|条[tiao2]
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Dict coverage rank #871 U+86C7
How 蛇 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
虫 (semantic, “worm”) + 它 (phonetic, tā)
How to remember it
serpent · Heisig RSH #513
虫 insect + 它 it
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 它
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 它 (tā) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 它 sound component | tā | it; other |
| 驼 | tuó | camel; humpback; to carry on one's back |
| 舵 | duò | helm, rudder |
| 沱 | tuó | river, stream, waterway; to flow |
| 坨 | tuó | lump, heap |
| 砣 | tuó | a stone roller; plumb, weight |
| 鸵 | tuó | ostrich |
| 跎 | tuó | to stumble, to falter, to vacillate |
| 柁 | tuó | the main beam of a house |
| 酡 | tuó | ruddy, flushed |
| 铊 | tā | thallium |
Words containing 蛇
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 强龙不压地头蛇 | qiáng lóng bù yā dì tóu shé | lit. strong dragon cannot repress a snake (idiom); fig. a local gangster who is above the … |
| 地头蛇 | dì tóu shé | local bully; tyrant; regional mafia boss |
| 龙头蛇尾 | lóng tóu shé wěi | lit. dragon's head, snake's tail (idiom); fig. a strong start but weak finish |
| 白花蛇 | bái huā shé | long-nosed pit viper (agkistrodon acutus) |
| 打蛇不死，反受其害 | dǎ shé bù sǐ , fǎn shòu qí hài | (proverb) if you deal with a threat but fail to eliminate it, it may come back to harm you |
| 白蛇传 | Bái shé Zhuàn | Tale of the White Snake; Madame White Snake |
| 大王蛇 | dà wáng shé | king ratsnake (Elaphe carinata) |
| 佛口蛇心 | fó kǒu shé xīn | words of a Buddha, heart of a snake (idiom); two-faced; malicious and duplicitous |
| 虎头蛇尾 | hǔ tóu shé wěi | lit. tiger's head, snake's tail (idiom); fig. a strong start but weak finish |
| 人蛇集团 | rén shé jí tuán | human smuggling syndicate; snakehead gang |
| 蛇精病 | shé jīng bìng | (slang) (pun on 神經病|神经病[shen2 jing1 bing4]) crazy person; nutjob |
| 白花蛇舌草 | bái huā shé shé cǎo | Hedyotis diffusa |
| 水蛇座 | Shuǐ shé zuò | Hydrus (constellation) |
| 印度眼镜蛇 | Yìn dù yǎn jìng shé | Indian cobra (Naja naja) |
| 长蛇座 | Cháng shé zuò | Hydra (constellation) |
| 人蛇 | rén shé | illegal immigrant (esp. one smuggled across borders) |
| 水蛇 | shuǐ shé | water snake |
| 蛇头 | shé tóu | head of a snake; human smuggler |
| 笔走龙蛇 | bǐ zǒu lóng shé | (lit.) the brush flows with the fluidity of a dragon or snake (idiom); (fig.) (of brushwor… |
| 牛鬼蛇神 | niú guǐ shé shén | evil monsters; (fig.) bad characters; (political) bad elements |