This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: ジャ、ダ、イ、ヤ、へび
Romaji: ja, da, i, ya, hebi
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Romaji

Name Readings

Kana: あぶ、み
Romaji: abu, mi
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

snake, serpent, hard drinker

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  11
Radical Number:  142
Frequency:  1721
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  1-6-5
Korean Reading:  i
Chinese Reading:  yi2
Unicode:  86c7
JIS:  3C58

Indexes

Halpern Index: 1343
Nelson Index: 4130
New Nelson Index: 5303
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 6d5.7
Four Corner Index: 5311.2
Guide to Remembering Index: 1341
Gakken Index: 1916
Japanese Names Index: 1387
Daikanwanjiten Index: 32964
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 10.0018
Remembering the kanji Index: 519
Kanji Flashcards Index: 1716
Kodansha Compact Index: 1608
Kanji in Context Index: 1861
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 907
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 1230
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 525
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 558
Kodansha Kanji Index: 1701
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 1656
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 1483

Words

(へび、じゃ、くちなわ、へみ)
snake; serpent; large snake
蛇行 (だこう)
meandering; crawling
蛇口 (じゃぐち)
faucet; tap
白蛇 (しろへび、はくじゃ)
albino Japanese rat snake
蛇使い (へびつかい)
snake charmer
大蛇 (だいじゃ、おろち)
big snake; serpent
毒蛇 (どくじゃ、どくへび)
poisonous snake; poisonous serpent
蛇腹 (じゃばら)
bellows (camera, accordion, etc.); cornice; ceiling molding; ceiling moulding; rickrack; ricrac; wave-shaped braid
蛇足 (だそく)
redundancy; superfluity; useless addition
蛇体 (じゃたい)
body of a snake; serpentine
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