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蛇

Traditional: 虵

shé

HSK 3.0 · 5HSK 2.0 · 5

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shé · se4 (Jyutping)

  1. variant of 蛇[she2]
  2. snake
  3. serpent
  4. CL:條|条[tiao2]

yí

  1. used in 委蛇[wei1 yi2]

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

蛇

Meaning
snake
Radical
虫
Strokes
11
Components
⿰虫它
Cangjie
LIJP
Four-corner
5311.1

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