蛇
snake; serpent; hard drinker
11 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1721.
Readings
- へび (kun reading): 蛇 (へび) snake; 蛇使い (へびつかい) snake charmer
- ジャ (on reading): 蛇口 (じゃぐち) faucet; 蛇腹 (じゃばら) bellows (of an accordion, camera, etc.)
- ダ (on reading): 蛇行 (だこう) meandering; 長蛇 (ちょうだ) long snake
- イ (on reading): 委蛇 (いい) winding
- ヤ (on reading)
- Read as a whole word: 大蛇 (おろち) giant snake
Components
Words using 蛇
- 蛇 (へび) snake
- 蛇使い (へびつかい) snake charmer
- 蛇神 (へびがみ) deified snake
- 白蛇 (しろへび) albino Japanese rat snake
- 黒蛇 (くろへび) blacksnake
- 蛇口 (じゃぐち) faucet
- 蛇腹 (じゃばら) bellows (of an accordion, camera, etc.)
- 毒蛇 (どくじゃ) venomous snake
- 大蛇 (だいじゃ) big snake
- 蛇紋岩 (じゃもんがん) serpentinite
- 蛇行 (だこう) meandering
- 長蛇 (ちょうだ) long snake
- 蛇足 (だそく) redundancy
- 蛇蝎 (だかつ) snakes and scorpions
- 長蛇の列 (ちょうだのれつ) long line
- 大蛇 (おろち) giant snake
- 委蛇 (いい) winding
- 蛇スープ (えびスープ) snake soup
61 words in all.