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Word and Radical Components of 蛇

The Chinese word 蛇 is analysed below into its constituent words and the words into radicals. By seeing the breakdown of the word in this way you can more easily learn and recognise the word.


Component Pinyin Meanings
蛇 yí 1. (Cantonese) sir (used when addressing policemen or male schoolteachers)

蛇 ⇨ 虫 + 它
Component Pinyin Meanings
虫 1. insect
2. Variant of 蟲
3. Variant of 虺
它 tā 1. (third-person singular pronoun for inanimate objects); it
     這 是 一 份 非常 重要 的 文件，千萬 不要 把 它 丟掉。 - This is a very important document; you must not lose it.
2. (chiefly simplified Chinese) (third-person singular pronoun for animals); it
3. (obsolete) (general third-person singular pronoun); he; she; they (singular); it
4. (A dummy pronoun.)
     (Alternative form 他)
5. crooked; evil
6. usage. In traditional Chinese, there is generally a distinction between 牠; the former refers exclusively to inanimate objects, while the latter refers exclusively to animals.
7. usage. In simplified Chinese, only 它 is used for both inanimate objects and animals.
tuō 8. Used in 它它藉藉
9. Alternative form of 駝
yí 10. Only used in 它它
11. Variant of 蛇

它 ⇨ 宀 + 匕
Component Pinyin Meanings
宀 mián 1. a type of deep house with walls on all four sides, a roof, a main hall, and back rooms
2. a kind of flower
3. (Kangxi radical #40 宀* (“roof”))
4. usage. As a component, often referred to as 寶蓋頭.
匕 bǐ 1. (historical) a kind of spoon in ancient China
2. (literary) dagger
3. Original form of 妣 (deceased mother)
4. Variant of 牝