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Snake Serpent in Chinese / Japanese...

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Snake / Serpent

Year of the Snake / Zodiac Sign
shé
hebi
사
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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.

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Fire Snake

huǒ shé
hi hebi
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火蛇 is the Chinese and Japanese title for "fire snake" or "blazing serpent".

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Viper

Poisonous Snake
dú shé
doku hebi
독사
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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 CharactersRomaji (Romanized Japanese)Various forms of Romanized Chinese
Snake
Serpent		蛇hebishé / she2 / she
Fire Snake火蛇hi hebi / hihebihuǒ shé / huo3 she2 / huo she / huoshe
Viper毒蛇doku hebi / dokuhebidú shé / du2 she2 / du she / dushetu 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
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Snake / Serpent

snake; serpent; CL:條|条[tiao2]
(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
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Dragon

dragon; CL:條|条[tiao2]; imperial
(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
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Viper

viper
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
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巳
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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
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ヘビ
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(1) snake; (2) serpent; large snake

大蛇

see styles		  daija; orochi
    だいじゃ; おろち
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大蛇
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big snake; serpent; (personal name) Daija

蛇蝎

see styles		  dakatsu
    だかつ
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蛇蝎
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(1) serpent (snake) and scorpion; (2) detestation

蛇蠍

see styles		  dakatsu
    だかつ
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蛇蠍
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(1) serpent (snake) and scorpion; (2) detestation

那伽

see styles		 nà qié
    na4 qie2
na ch`ieh
    na chieh
 naga
    なか
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那伽
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(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
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巳の刻
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(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
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佛口蛇心
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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

Variations:
蛇蠍
蛇蝎

see styles		  dakatsu
    だかつ		 (1) serpent (snake) and scorpion; (2) detestation

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