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蛇

shé

snake

HSK 5 · Topic “Nature around us”
A coiled snake on the ground
Memory picture

Character

蛇 shé

Strokes
11
Radical
虫 — insect, worm
Made of
虫 insect, worm 它 it
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 我很怕蛇。 Wǒ hěn pà shé. I am very afraid of snakes.
  • 蛇在草里。 Shé zài cǎo lǐ. The snake is in the grass.
  • 这条蛇小。 Zhè tiáo shé xiǎo. This snake is small.

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