The kanji 蛇: meaning, readings and stroke order

蛇

Meaning: snake
On reading: ジャ ja、ダ da
Kun reading: へび hebi
Strokes: 11
Radical: 虫 insect
Level: Level 9 · senior high school

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: con rắn (xà)
Japanese: へび。
Korean: 뱀 (사)
Chinese: 蛇

Readings, words and example sentences

ジャ ja · on reading · less common

蛇じゃ口ぐち
faucet, tap
蛇じゃ口ぐちをしめます。
I turn off the faucet.

ダ da · on reading · less common

蛇だ行こう
winding, zigzagging
川が 蛇だ行こうしています。
The river winds back and forth.

へび hebi · kun reading

蛇へび
snake
草むらで 蛇へびを見ました。
I saw a snake in the grass.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.