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蛇 : Snake

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Components:

snake, serpent, hard drinker

On 'yomi:
ジャ(ja)(da)(i)(ya)
Kun 'yomi:
へび(hebi)
Nanori:
あぶ(abu)(mi)
Strokes:11
Radical: (142)
Usage Rating:1721
JLPT:N1
old JLPT:1
Grade:8
Unicode:086c7
jis208:28-56
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蛇 Usage examples

(じゃこ)gabion, cage filled with stones
の目の砂(じゃのめのすな)sand circle around the ring
蜿々長(えんえんちょうだ)
蜿蜿長(えんえんちょうだ)
(a line, queue) being long and serpentine
添足(がだてんそく)making an unnecessary addition (to), gilding the lily
牛鬼(ぎゅうきだしん)wicked and perverse, weird and incoherent
(メクラヘビ)fools rush in, worm snake
に怖じず(めくらへびにおじず)fools rush in where angels fear to tread
横這いガラガラ(ヨコバイガラガラヘビ)sidewinder (Crotalus cerastes)
心仏口(じゃしんぶっこう)being cunning and spiteful, yet honey-tongued with feigned kindness
(ヘビがわ)snakeskin