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láng

mantis, dung beetle

🔤 Pictophonetic: 虫 (insect) provides meaning, 郎 provides pronunciation

HSK 14 strokes Uncommon (36%)

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Component Breakdown

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虫

chóng

insect, worm; mollusk

郎

láng

gentleman, young man; husband

⿰虫郎 i

Stroke Order

Component Tree i

chóng

虫

insect, worm; mollusk

🔤 Pictophonetic:

6 strokes HSK 5

zhōng

中

central; center, middle; amidst; to hit (target), to attain; China; Chinese

💡 Ideographic: A line 丨 through the center of a box 口

4 strokes HSK 1

kǒu

口

mouth; entrance, gate, opening

📷 Pictographic: An open mouth

3 strokes HSK 3

jiōng

冂

wide

2 strokes

yī

一

one; a, an; alone

💡 Ideographic: Represents heaven (天), earth (旦), or the number 1

1 strokes HSK 1

shù

丨

number one; line

1 strokes

unknown

Unknown component - strokes not mapped to a known radical

2 strokes

láng

郎

gentleman, young man; husband

💡 Ideographic: A man from a good 良 place 阝; 良 also provides the pronunciation

8 strokes HSK 6

liáng

良

good, virtuous, respectable

7 strokes HSK 5

diǎn

丶

dot

1 strokes

gěn

艮

blunt; tough, chewy

6 strokes

yì

阝

place, town, city

2 strokes

Words Using 螂 (11)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

mantis / praying mantis

tángláng

螳螂 ↗

mantis / praying mantis

Chow Gar - "Southern Praying Mantis" - Martial Art

nánpàitángláng

南派螳螂 ↗

Chow Gar - "Southern Praying Mantis" - Martial Art

螳螂捕蝉 ↗

tánglángbǔchán

the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi [[莊子|庄子]]); to pursue a narrow gain while neglecting a greater danger

tánglángbǔchán

螳螂捕蝉 ↗

the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi [[莊子|庄子]]); to pursue a narrow gain while neglecting a greater danger

螳螂捕蝉，黄雀在后 ↗

tánglángbǔchán,huángquèzàihòu

The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi [[莊子|庄子]]); to pursue a narrow gain while neglecting a greater danger

tánglángbǔchán,huángquèzàihòu

螳螂捕蝉，黄雀在后 ↗

The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi [[莊子|庄子]]); to pursue a narrow gain while neglecting a greater danger

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