毒蛇

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Chinese

poison; narcotics snake; serpent
trad. (毒蛇) 毒 蛇
simp. #(毒蛇) 毒 蛇
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Pronunciation

Noun

毒蛇

  1. venomous snake, viper

Japanese

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

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
毒 蛇
どく
Grade: 5 		じゃ
Grade: S
on'yomi

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

Pronunciation

Noun

毒(どく)蛇(じゃ) • (dokuja) 

  1. venomous snake
  2. a game piece in dai dai shogi and taikyoku shogi
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
毒 蛇
どく
Grade: 5 		へび
Grade: S
jūbakoyomi

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

Pronunciation

Noun

毒(どく)蛇(へび) • (dokuhebi) 

  1. venomous snake

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
毒蛇

Noun

毒蛇 • (doksa) (hangeul 독사)

  1. hanja form? of 독사 (“venomous snake”)
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