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Snake / Serpent
Year of the Snake / Zodiac Sign
蛇 is the character for snake or serpent in Chinese, old Korean, and Japanese.
If you were born in the year of the snake, you . . .
Are calm.
Are and inspiration to others.
Have a stubborn nature like a mule (you do not like to concede).
See also our Chinese Zodiac page.
Fire Snake
火蛇 is the Chinese and Japanese title for "fire snake" or "blazing serpent".
Viper
Poisonous Snake
毒蛇 is the Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja for viper.
毒蛇 can mean viper but may also refer to any poisonous snake or poisonous serpent.
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
| Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
| Snake Serpent | 蛇 | hebi | shé / she2 / she | |
| Fire Snake | 火蛇 | hi hebi / hihebi | huǒ shé / huo3 she2 / huo she / huoshe | |
| Viper | 毒蛇 | doku hebi / dokuhebi | dú shé / du2 she2 / du she / dushe | tu she / tushe |
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| Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
蛇 see styles |
shé / she2 she hebi(p);ja;kuchinawa;hemi(ok);hebi / へび(P);じゃ;くちなわ;へみ(ok);ヘビ |
 More info & calligraphy: (1) (じゃ is more associated with serpent and large snakes) snake; (2) serpent; large snake; (surname) Hebi sarpa, a serpent, snake. |
龍 龙 see styles |
lóng / long2 lung riyou / riyo / りよう |
 More info & calligraphy: (out-dated kanji) (1) dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); (2) naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; (personal name) Riyou A dragon, dragon-like, imperial; tr. for nāga, which means snake, serpent; also elephant, elephantine, serpent-like, etc., cf. 那. |
毒蛇 see styles |
dú shé / du2 she2 tu she dokuja;dokuhebi / どくじゃ;どくへび |
 More info & calligraphy: poisonous snake; poisonous serpent A poisonous snake.; Poisonous snakes, the four elements of the body— earth, water, fire, wind (or air)— which harm a man by their variation, i. e. increase and decrease. Also, gold; poisonous snake |
巳 see styles |
sì / si4 ssu mi(p);shi / み(P);し |
6th earthly branch: 9-11 a.m., 4th solar month (5th May-5th June), year of the Snake; ancient Chinese compass point: 150° (1) the Snake (sixth sign of the Chinese zodiac); the Serpent; (2) (obsolete) (See 巳の刻) hour of the Snake (around 10am, 9-11am, or 10am-12 noon); (3) (obsolete) south-southeast; (4) (obsolete) fourth month of the lunar calendar; (female given name) Mi snake |
ヘビ see styles |
hebi / ヘビ | (1) snake; (2) serpent; large snake |
大蛇 see styles |
daija;orochi / だいじゃ;おろち | big snake; serpent; (personal name) Daija |
蛇蝎 see styles |
dakatsu / だかつ | (1) serpent (snake) and scorpion; (2) detestation |
蛇蠍 see styles |
dakatsu / だかつ | (1) serpent (snake) and scorpion; (2) detestation |
那伽 see styles |
nà qié / na4 qie2 na ch`ieh / na chieh naga / なか |
(female given name) Naka nāga. Snake, dragon, elephant. It is tr. by 龍 dragon and by 象 elephant. (1) As dragon it represents the chief of the scaly reptiles; it can disappear or be manifest, increase or decrease, lengthen or shrink; in spring it mounts in the sky and in winter enters the earth. The dragon is of many kinds. Dragons are regarded as beneficent, bringing the rains and guarding the heavens (again Draco); they control rivers and lakes, and hibernate in the deep. nāga and mahānāga are titles of a Buddha, (also of those freed from reincarnation) because of his powers, or because like the dragon he soars above earthly desires and ties. One of his former reincarnations was a powerful poisonous dragon which, out of pity, permitted itself to be skinned alive and its flesh eaten by worms. (2) A race of serpent-worshippers; (Skt. nāga) |
巳の刻 see styles |
minokoku / みのこく | (exp,n) (archaism) hour of the Snake (around 10am, 9-11am, or 10am-12 noon); hour of the Serpent |
佛口蛇心 see styles |
fó kǒu shé xīn / fo2 kou3 she2 xin1 fo k`ou she hsin / fo kou she hsin bukku nishitenjashin |
words of a Buddha, heart of a snake (idiom); two-faced; malicious and duplicitous A Buddha's mouth but a serpent's heart; buddha's mouth and a serpent's heart |
蛇蠍;蛇蝎 see styles |
dakatsu / だかつ | (1) serpent (snake) and scorpion; (2) detestation |
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