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螳

táng

praying mantis

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

HSK 17 strokes Uncommon (43%)

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Component Breakdown

Each color represents a different component

虫

chóng

insect, worm; mollusk

堂

táng

hall, large room; government office; cousins

⿰虫堂 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

táng

堂

hall, large room; government office; cousins

🔤 Pictophonetic: 土 (earth) provides meaning, 尚 provides pronunciation

11 strokes HSK 6

shàng

尚

still, yet; even; fairly, rather

8 strokes HSK 5

⿱⺌冂

Radical component

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

tǔ

土

soil, earth; items made of earth

📷 Pictographic: A lump of clay on a potter's wheel

3 strokes HSK 5

shí

十

ten, tenth; complete; perfect

2 strokes HSK 1

yī

一

one; a, an; alone

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

1 strokes HSK 1

Words Using 螳 (7)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

螳螂 ↗

tángláng

mantis / praying mantis

tángláng

螳螂 ↗

mantis / praying mantis

Beipai Tanglang Quan - "Northern Praying Mantis" (Chinese Martial Art)

běipàitánglángquán

北派螳螂拳 ↗

Beipai Tanglang Quan - "Northern Praying Mantis" (Chinese 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

螳臂当车 ↗

tángbìdāngchē

a mantis trying to stop a chariot (idiom) / to overrate oneself and attempt sth impossible / also written [[螳臂擋車|螳臂挡车<tángbìdǎngchē>]]

tángbìdāngchē

螳臂当车 ↗

a mantis trying to stop a chariot (idiom) / to overrate oneself and attempt sth impossible / also written [[螳臂擋車|螳臂挡车<tángbìdǎngchē>]]

南派螳螂 ↗

nánpàitángláng

Chow Gar - "Southern Praying Mantis" - Martial Art

nánpàitángláng

南派螳螂 ↗

Chow Gar - "Southern Praying Mantis" - Martial Art