Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 蛇
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蛇 |
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Meaning |
snake, serpent |
Pronunciation |
shé |
Explanation |
Left: insect 虫, right: it (lifeless) 它 (roof 宀, sitting person 匕) |
Mnemonic
| The 'insect' next to the house with the sitting person is: a snake. |
Radicals
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虫
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insect | (Also this radical 昆 is understood as: insect.) |
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它
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it (lifeless things) | |
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宀
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roof | |
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匕
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spoon, ladle | (In the explanations this radical is also used as a sitting person. (Further radicals with „person“ are: sitting cross-legged 夂, lying  , kneeling ⺈, skilled 才, bending マ,卩, slumped 㔾 or husband 夫)) |
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!
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Vocabulary
| 毒蛇 |
dú shé |
viper | | 龙头蛇尾 |
lóng tóu shé wěi |
lit. dragon's head, snake's tail (idiom); fig. a strong start but weak finish | | 黑眉蝮蛇 |
hēi méi fù shé |
Snake island viper (Gloydius shedaoensis), feeding on migrating birds | | 巳蛇 |
sì shé |
Year 6, year of the Snake (e.g. 2001) | | 蟒蛇 |
mǎng shé |
python; boa |
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