Chinese

Noun

毒蛇

1. venomous snake, viper

Japanese

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

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• On'yomi: Goon
• (Tokyo) ど​くじゃ [dóꜜkùjà] (Atamadaka - [1])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [do̞kɯᵝd͡ʑa̠]

Noun

毒蛇 ‎(hiragana どくじゃ, romaji dokuja)

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

Derived terms

• 毒蛇 (どくじゃ)の口 (くち) ‎(dokuja no kuchi)

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• Jūbakoyomi
• (Tokyo) どくへび [dòkúhébí] (Heiban - [0])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [do̞kɯ̥ᵝhe̞bi]

Noun

毒蛇 ‎(hiragana どくへび, romaji dokuhebi)

1. venomous snake

References

1. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
2. 1 2 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

Korean

Noun

毒蛇 • ‎(doksa) ‎(hangeul 독사)

1. Hanja form^? of 독사, “venomous snake”.