蛇皮

Chinese

snake; serpent leather; skin; fur
simp. and trad.
(蛇皮)
蛇 皮
anagram 皮蛇

Pronunciation


Noun

蛇皮

  1. snakeskin

Synonyms

  • (Huizhou) 蛇殼/蛇壳
  • (Wu) 蛇衣, 蛇殼兒/蛇壳儿, 蛇吞殼/蛇吞壳

Japanese

Kanji in this term
蛇 皮
じゃ
Grade: S
び
Grade: 3
goon
Kanji in this term
蛇 皮
じゃ
Grade: S
ひ
Grade: 3
goon kan’on

Etymology

From Middle Chinese-derived elements 蛇 (ja, “snake”) +‎ 皮 (bi, “skin”).

The bi can also be read with the 漢音 (kan'on, literally “Han-sound”) reading of hi.[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

Noun

蛇(じゃ)皮(び) or 蛇(じゃ)皮(ひ) • (jabi or jahi) 

  1. snakeskin [early 1500s]
  2. (dermatology) peeling skin syndrome, as if moulted like snakeskin [mid-1680s]
  3. Short for 蛇皮線 (jabisen): a 三線 (sanshin, “Okinawan fretless lute”) usually made from snakeskin

Derived terms

References

  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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