Moto 蛇: Snake; Serpent; Hard DrinkerKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ジャ、ダ、イ、ヤ
- Kun'yomi
- へび
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 123 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ジャ・ダ・イ・ヤ)
- 蛇の目じゃのめbull's-eye (pattern); double ring (pattern)
- 蛇口じゃぐちfaucet; tap
- 大蛇だいじゃbig snake; serpent
- 蛇行だこうmeandering; snaking
- 長蛇の列ちょうだのれつlong line; long queue
- 大葉蛇の鬚おおばじゃのひげOphiopogon planiscapus (flowering plant in the Asparagaceae family)
- 委蛇いいwinding; meandering
- 毒蛇どくじゃpoisonous snake; poisonous serpent
- 游蛇ゆうだwater snake
- 牛鬼蛇神ぎゅうきだしんwicked and perverse; weird and incoherent
- 王蛇おうじゃboa
- 画蛇添足がだてんそくmaking an unnecessary addition (to); gilding the lily
- 神蛇しんじゃsacred snake
- 竜頭蛇尾りゅうとうだびa strong beginning and a weak ending; an anticlimax
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 蛇へびsnake
- がらがら蛇がらがらへびrattlesnake
- やぶ蛇やぶへびunnecessary trouble brought upon oneself; stirring up a hornet's nest
- アスプ鎖蛇アスプくさりへびasp viper (Vipera aspis)
- キング蛇キングへびking snake (any snake of genus Lampropeltis)
- ツノクサリ蛇ツノクサリへびcerastes; horned viper
- ミルク蛇ミルクへびmilk snake (Lampropeltis triangulum)
- ヨーロッパ鎖蛇ヨーロッパくさりへびEuropean adder (Vipera berus)
- ラッセル鎖蛇ラッセルくさりへびRussell's viper (Daboia russelii)
- 大蛇貝おおへびがいscaly worm shell (Serpulorbis imbricatus)
- 川蛇かわへびAsian swamp eel (Monopterus albus)
- 横這いガラガラ蛇よこばいガラガラへびsidewinder (Crotalus cerastes)
- 水蛇座みずへびざHydrus (constellation); the Water Snake
- 海蛇うみへびsea snake
- 海蛇座うみへびざHydra (constellation); the Sea Serpent
- 烏蛇からすへびblack Japanese striped snake (Elaphe quadrivirgata); Japanese black ratsnake
- 珊瑚蛇さんごへびcoral snake
- 白蛇しろへびalbino Japanese rat snake
- 盲蛇めくらへびblind snake (esp. the Brahminy blind snake, Ramphotyphlops braminus); worm snake
- 盲蛇に怖じずめくらへびにおじずfools rush in where angels fear to tread; the blind don't fear snakes
- 網目錦蛇あみめにしきへびreticulated python (Python reticulatus)
- 縞蛇しまへびJapanese four-lined ratsnake (Elaphe quadrivirgata); Japanese striped snake
- 背黒海蛇せぐろうみへびyellow-bellied sea snake (Pelamis platura); yellowbelly sea snake
- 薮をつついて蛇を出すやぶをつついてへびをだすto stir up trouble for oneself; to scare out a snake by poking at the brush
- 薮蛇やぶへびunnecessary trouble brought upon oneself; stirring up a hornet's nest
- 薮蛇になるやぶへびになるto only make work for oneself; to stir up a hornet's nest
- 薮蛇に成るやぶへびになるto only make work for oneself; to stir up a hornet's nest
- 藪をつついて蛇を出すやぶをつついてへびをだすto stir up trouble for oneself; to scare out a snake by poking at the brush
- 藪蛇やぶへびunnecessary trouble brought upon oneself; stirring up a hornet's nest
- 蛇いちごへびいちごfalse strawberry (Duchesnea chrysantha); mock strawberry
- 蛇に咬まれて朽ち縄に怖じるへびにかまれてくちなわにおじるonce bitten twice shy; to become over cautious from a bad experience
- 蛇に噛まれて朽ち縄に怖じるへびにかまれてくちなわにおじるonce bitten twice shy; to become over cautious from a bad experience
- 蛇のようへびのようsnakelike; snaky
Other readings
- ヨーロッパ山棟蛇ヨーロッパやまかがしgrass snake (Natrix natrix); ringed snake
- 八岐の大蛇やまたのおろちeight-headed, eight-tailed serpent (in Japanese mythology)
- 八岐大蛇やまたのおろちeight-headed, eight-tailed serpent (in Japanese mythology)
- 山棟蛇やまかがしtiger keelback (Rhabdophis tigrinus)
- 永良部海蛇えらぶうみへびErabu black-banded sea krait (Laticauda semifasciata)
- 熇尾蛇ひばかりAsian keelback (Amphiesma vibakari)
- 眼鏡蛇めがねへびspectacled cobra; Indian cobra
- 竹根蛇ひばかりAsian keelback (Amphiesma vibakari)
- 薮を突いて蛇を出すやぶをつついてへびをだすto stir up trouble for oneself; to scare out a snake by poking at the brush
- 藪を突いて蛇を出すやぶをつついてへびをだすto stir up trouble for oneself; to scare out a snake by poking at the brush
- 蛇にかまれて朽縄におじるへびにかまれてくちなわにおじるonce bitten twice shy; to become over cautious from a bad experience
- 蛇に噛まれて朽縄におじるへびにかまれてくちなわにおじるonce bitten twice shy; to become over cautious from a bad experience
- 蛇に噛まれて朽縄に怖じるへびにかまれてくちなわにおじるonce bitten twice shy; to become over cautious from a bad experience
Showing the 60 most common of 123 words. See them all in the graph.
Kanji that often appear with 蛇
Every word here opens into its own kanji. Follow the branches in Moto.
Explore 蛇 →