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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
shé - snake
- serpent
- CL:條|条[tiao2]
- used in 委蛇[wei1yi2]
shé - variant of 蛇[she2]

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
5 5 2,378 4,519 4,160

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

Semantic:

Hint:

Worm

Other Words Containing

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
5 5 2,378 4,519 4,160
毒蛇 - - 7,472 22,340 27,876
眼镜蛇 - - 12,116 42,844 34,992
响尾蛇 - - 13,823 72,911 85,991
蛇头 - - 16,012 39,077 63,984
打草惊蛇 - - 17,078 45,072 61,347
蟒蛇 - - 19,883 34,617 29,851
蛇行 - - 23,398 78,952 99,768
蛇毒 - - 27,498 51,503 93,132
蛇蝎 - - 30,453 65,521 48,120
蛇形 - - 32,269 59,586 53,817
画蛇添足 6 9 33,667 60,799 48,059
虎头蛇尾 - - 34,023 53,345 35,785
水蛇 - - 34,929 68,795 56,245
引蛇出洞 - - 36,580 82,549 68,264
地头蛇 - - 41,958 59,528 56,631
蝰蛇 - - 51,468 - -
蝮蛇 - - 56,082 65,320 74,584
蛇年 - - 64,485 96,860 65,136
牛鬼蛇神 - - 70,021 37,361 37,793
蛇纹石 - - 70,223 - -
四脚蛇 - - 88,883 - 104,210