Memory phrase for the character: 蛇

蛇

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Meaning

snake, serpent

Pronunciation

JA, DA
hebi

Explanation

 Left: insect 虫, right: 它 (roof 宀 [here: cave] and sitting person 匕)

Mnemonic
 
The "insect" that rolls up in its cave like a sitting person, is: a snake.

Radicals

虫 insectThe body 口 and the sting ム of an insect
匕 sitting personThe Radical sajinohi means "spoon". But due to its appearance is typically used as a "sitting person". In few cases however, it is understood as claws (i.e. of a bear).




 Vocabulary

蛇 へび  snake
蛇口 じゃぐち  faucet, tap
蛇行 だこう  meandering, snaking, zigzagging

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