毒蛇

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Chinese[edit]

poison; narcotics snake; serpent
trad. (毒蛇)
simp. #(毒蛇)
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Pronunciation[edit]


Noun[edit]

毒蛇

  1. venomous snake, viper

Japanese[edit]

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毒蛇 (dokuja, dokuhebi): a cobra, an iconic and well-known venomous snake.

Etymology 1[edit]

Kanji in this term
どく
Grade: 5
じゃ
Grade: S
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese compound 毒蛇 (MC dowk zyae, literally “poison + snake”). Compare modern Mandarin reading dúshé, Cantonese duk6 se4.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

(どく)(じゃ) (dokuja

  1. venomous snake
  2. a game piece in dai dai shogi and taikyoku shogi
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Kanji in this term
どく
Grade: 5
へび
Grade: S
jūbakoyomi

Apparent shift from dokuja above, to use the kun'yomi of hebi for the second character.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

(どく)(へび) (dokuhebi

  1. venomous snake

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998) NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

Korean[edit]

Hanja in this term

Noun[edit]

毒蛇 (doksa) (hangeul 독사)

  1. Hanja form? of 독사 (venomous snake).