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螂
láng
mantis, dung beetle
🔤 Pictophonetic:
虫 (insect) provides meaning, 郎 provides pronunciation
Words Using 螂 (11)
Character
Pinyin
Definition
HSK
蟑螂
zhāngláng
cockroach
蟑螂
zhāngláng
cockroach
螳螂
tángláng
mantis / praying mantis
螳螂
tángláng
mantis / praying mantis
螂
láng
dragonfly / mantis
螂
láng
dragonfly / mantis
屎蚵螂
shǐkēláng
dung beetle
屎蚵螂
shǐkēláng
dung beetle
蜣螂
qiāngláng
dung beetle
蜣螂
qiāngláng
dung beetle
刀螂
dāolang
(dialect) mantis
刀螂
dāolang
(dialect) mantis
蚂螂
māláng
dragonfly
蚂螂
māláng
dragonfly
南派螳螂
nánpàitángláng
Chow Gar - "Southern Praying Mantis" - Martial Art
南派螳螂
nánpàitángláng
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
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
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
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
Component Breakdown
Each color represents a different component
⿰虫郎
i
Component Tree i
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
unknown
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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