蛇 (shé): meaning and stroke order
蛇 (shé) means snake, serpent, 条, variant of 蛇, used in 委蛇.
蛇
- Simplified
- 蛇
- Traditional
- 蛇, 虵
- Pinyin
- shé · yí
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Stroke order of 蛇
蛇
- shé variant of 蛇[she2]
- shé snake; serpent
- yí used in 委蛇[wei1 yi2]
- 11 strokes
- Traditional form: 虵
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Meaning of 蛇
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shé
- snake
- serpent
- CL:條|条[tiao2]
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shé
Traditional 虵
- variant of 蛇[she2]
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yí
- used in 委蛇[wei1 yi2]
Radical and structure
- 蛇
- Radical 虫 (Kangxi radical 142) · 11 strokes · 虫 on the left, 它 on the right
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Words with 蛇
- 杯弓蛇影 bēi gōng shé yǐng lit. to see a bow reflected in a cup as a snake (idiom); fig. unnecessary suspicions; overly fearful
- 画蛇添足 huà shé tiān zú lit. draw legs on a snake (idiom); fig. to ruin the effect by adding sth superfluous; to overdo it
蛇 in our stories
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老师给他讲了一个故事：几个人比赛画蛇，先画完的人能喝一壶酒。
lǎoshī gěi tā jiǎng le yí gè gùshi jǐ gè rén bǐsài huà shé xiān huà wán de rén néng hē yì hú jiǔ
The teacher tells him a story: some men had a snake-drawing race, and the first to finish would get a pot of wine.
From the story Drawing legs on a snake HSK 3
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乐广听说后，回到那天喝酒的地方，抬头一看，墙上挂着一张弓，弓上画着蛇的花纹，影子正好映在酒杯里。
Yuè Guǎng tīngshuō hòu huídào nà tiān hē jiǔ de dìfang tái tóu yí kàn qiáng shàng guà zhe yì zhāng gōng gōng shàng huà zhe shé de huāwén yǐngzi zhènghǎo yìng zài jiǔbēi lǐ
When Yue Guang heard, he went back to where they had been drinking and looked up: on the wall hung a bow painted with a snake pattern, and its reflection fell right into the wine cup.
From the story The bow's reflection in the cup HSK 7–9 · Level 7
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许仙醒来后，明白了妻子对自己的深情，再也不在乎她是人还是蛇了。可是法海并不打算放过他们。
Xǔ Xiān xǐng lái hòu míngbai le qīzi duì zìjǐ de shēnqíng zài yě bú zàihu tā shì rén háishi shé le kěshì Fǎhǎi bìng bù dǎsuàn fàngguò tāmen
When Xu Xian woke he understood his wife's deep love for him and no longer cared whether she was human or snake. But Fahai had no intention of letting them go.
From the story The Legend of the White Snake HSK 7–9 · Level 9
Stories using 蛇
- Drawing legs on a snake HSK 3
- The bow's reflection in the cup HSK 7–9 · Level 7
- The Legend of the White Snake HSK 7–9 · Level 9
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).