JLPT N1 · 11 strokes
Kanji 蛇: "snake, serpent, hard drinker"
The kanji 蛇 means "snake, serpent, hard drinker". It is written with 11 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N1, read ジャ, ダ, イ, ヤ in on'yomi and へび in kun'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ジャダイヤ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
へび
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | snake, serpent, hard drinker |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 11 |
| JLPT level | N1 |
| Taught in Japan | secondary school |
| Frequency rank | 1721 of 2,501 |
Common words with 蛇
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 蛇snake · serpent; large snake
- 大蛇big snake; (large) serpent
- 蛇口faucet; tap
- 毒蛇venomous snake; poisonous snake
- 蛇行meandering; snaking; zigzagging
- 長蛇の列long line; long queue
- 白蛇albino Japanese rat snake
- 蛇足redundancy; superfluity; useless addition
- 海蛇sea snake · worm eel (Ophichthidae spp.); snake eel
- 蛇腹bellows (of an accordion, camera, etc.) · cornice
- 蛇蝎snakes and scorpions · something detestable
- 黒蛇blacksnake
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