蛇
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Translingual [edit]
Han character [edit]
蛇 (radical 142 虫+5, 11 strokes, cangjie input 中戈十心 (LIJP), four-corner 53111)
References [edit]
- 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
Cantonese [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /sɛː˩/
Hanzi [edit]
- snake
Japanese [edit]
Kanji [edit]
Readings [edit]
Etymology 1 [edit]
pemi > ɸemi > hemi.
Noun [edit]
- a snake
Etymology 2 [edit]
From earlier hemi. Medial /m/ looses nasal quality becoming a plosive.
Noun [edit]
Etymology 3 [edit]
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 [edit]
蛇 (hiragana くちなわ, romaji kuchinawa, historical hiragana くちなは)
- a snake
Korean [edit]
Hanja [edit]
蛇 (hangeul 사, 이, revised sa, i, McCune-Reischauer sa, i, Yale sa, i)
Mandarin [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
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Audio (file)
Hanzi [edit]
蛇 (pinyin chí (chi2), shé (she2), tuó (tuo2), yí (yi2), Wade-Giles ch'ih2, she2, t'o2, i2)
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- 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 [edit]
Vietnamese [edit]
Han character [edit]
蛇 (xà)