毒蛇

Chinese

poison; narcotics snake; serpent
simp. and trad.
(毒蛇)

Pronunciation


Noun

毒蛇

  1. venomous snake, viper

Japanese

毒蛇 (dokuja, dokuhebi): a cobra, an iconic and well-known venomous snake.

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
どく
Grade: 4
じゃ
Grade: S
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese compound 毒蛇 (dowk zyæ, literally poison + snake). Compare modern Mandarin reading dúshé, Cantonese duk6 se4.

Pronunciation

Noun

毒蛇 (hiragana どくじゃ, rōmaji dokuja)

  1. venomous snake
  2. a game piece in dai dai shogi and taikyoku shogi
Derived terms
  • 毒蛇 (どくじゃ) (くち) (dokuja no kuchi)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
どく
Grade: 4
へび
Grade: S
jūbakoyomi

Apparent shift from dokuja above, to use the kun'yomi of hebi for the second character.

Pronunciation

Noun

毒蛇 (hiragana どくへび, rōmaji dokuhebi)

  1. venomous snake

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

毒蛇 (doksa) (hangeul 독사)

  1. Hanja form? of 독사 (venomous snake).
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