蛇 – snake, serpent, hard drinker

11 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1721 in newspaper frequencyN2 vocabulary

The kanji 蛇 means snake, serpent, hard drinker. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ジャ、ダ、イ、ヤ (ja, da, i, ya); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is へび (hebi). It is written with 11 strokes, under radical 虫 (no. 142).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ジャ	ja
On’yomi	ダ	da
On’yomi	イ	i
On’yomi	ヤ	ya
Kun’yomi	へび	hebi

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 虫 (Kangxi radical 142). Components: 虫・匕・宀.

Words using 蛇

蛇口じゃぐちfaucet

Example sentences

この蛇口は使えません。故障しています。

You can't use this faucet. It's out of order.

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Kanji with the same radical

融虫蝶蛍虹蚊蜜蜂蛋

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