Read Edit View history Discussion 蛇 shéyí HSK5 snake Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 虫 represents the meaning and 它 represents the sound. Originally written as 它. Pinyin Separate values with commas shé × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 蛇 Simp strokes 蛇 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Pictograph of a snake. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 蛇 Simp strokes 蛇 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 蛇 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 100, 521 ], [ 127, 501 ], [ 137, 481 ], [ 176, 334 ] ], [ [ 154, 520 ], [ 168, 513 ], [ 356, 561 ], [ 380, 559 ], [ 408, 532 ], [ 381, 440 ], [ 360, 427 ] ], [ [ 192, 353 ], [ 208, 366 ], [ 310, 392 ], [ 354, 401 ], [ 407, 397 ] ], [ [ 229, 759 ], [ 274, 723 ], [ 277, 693 ], [ 270, 250 ], [ 254, 220 ] ], [ [ 84, 157 ], [ 138, 142 ], [ 382, 245 ], [ 390, 242 ] ], [ [ 378, 313 ], [ 431, 238 ], [ 439, 196 ] ], [ [ 613, 798 ], [ 683, 742 ], [ 703, 715 ] ], [ [ 503, 597 ], [ 512, 580 ], [ 514, 555 ], [ 485, 462 ], [ 481, 428 ] ], [ [ 541, 541 ], [ 567, 558 ], [ 782, 615 ], [ 837, 617 ], [ 863, 596 ], [ 803, 499 ] ], [ [ 757, 446 ], [ 772, 419 ], [ 774, 399 ], [ 702, 340 ], [ 603, 276 ], [ 596, 262 ] ], [ [ 552, 435 ], [ 579, 401 ], [ 564, 211 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Q 719 774 633 806 Q 617 812 606 809 Q 599 808 601 794 Q 602 781 618 765 Z", "M 538 571 Q 526 595 507 606 Q 503 610 498 606 Q 494 602 493 592 Q 497 556 467 484 Q 458 468 460 450 Q 464 431 473 417 Q 480 407 486 415 Q 492 416 500 431 Q 504 438 513 469 Q 526 517 535 535 C 545 557 545 557 538 571 Z", "M 535 535 Q 553 531 583 541 Q 689 574 785 597 Q 819 601 822 586 Q 823 571 798 511 Q 792 496 799 493 Q 806 490 818 502 Q 885 565 915 578 Q 937 587 935 600 Q 934 612 860 643 Q 838 650 813 643 Q 746 619 687 604 Q 623 588 538 571 C 509 565 505 537 535 535 Z", "M 588 257 Q 661 291 703 315 Q 790 367 816 373 Q 840 380 831 401 Q 819 420 794 439 Q 772 457 758 456 Q 745 456 747 442 Q 748 411 668 343 Q 631 312 591 279 C 568 260 561 244 588 257 Z", "M 948 101 Q 933 128 913 213 Q 913 229 905 234 Q 898 237 894 219 Q 869 128 850 98 Q 837 83 797 72 Q 704 50 634 75 Q 606 87 599 104 Q 578 146 588 257 L 591 279 Q 597 333 608 393 Q 612 411 602 421 Q 589 434 566 443 Q 553 447 545 443 Q 538 439 543 421 Q 556 382 552 345 Q 536 143 552 85 Q 555 63 577 44 Q 664 -17 844 17 Q 850 18 857 20 Q 900 30 942 58 Q 963 74 948 101 Z" ] } 11 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.