八岐大蛇

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

eight; 8

surname Qi / also used in place names

variant of 歧[qi2]

see 大夫[dai4 fu5]

big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)

variant of 蛇[she2]

snake / serpent / CL:條|条[tiao2]