八岐大蛇 bā qí dà shé

eight-headed serpent in Japanese myth

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. Yamata no Orochi, serpent with eight heads and eight tails from mythological section of Nihon Shoki (Chronicles of Japan)

Characters

Character Meaning
八 bā HSK 1
eight; 8
岐 qí
variant of 歧qí; also used in place names; surname Qi
大 dà HSK 1
big; large; great
蛇 shé HSK 5
snake; serpent; variant of 蛇shé