螂
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variant of 螂[lang2]
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 虫 +10
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 螂
- Common rank
- #2,877
- Unicode
- U+8782
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Formation & memory
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Words with 螂
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 螳螂捕蝉，黄雀在后 | (lit.) the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the siskin behind (idiom, from Daoist clas… | |
| 刀螂 | (dialect) mantis | |
| 北派螳螂拳 | Beipai Tanglang Quan - "Northern Praying Mantis" (Chinese Martial Art) | |
| 南派螳螂 | Chow Gar - "Southern Praying Mantis" - Martial Art | |
| 螳螂捕蝉 | see 螳螂捕蟬，黃雀在後|螳螂捕蝉，黄雀在后[tang2 lang2 bu3 chan2 , huang2 que4 zai4 hou4] | |
| 蚂螂 | dragonfly | |
| 屎蚵螂 | dung beetle | |
| 蟑螂屋 | cockroach trap | |
| 螳螂 | mantis; praying mantis | |
| 虼螂 | see 蜣螂[qiang1 lang2] | |
| 蟑螂 | cockroach | |
| 蜣螂 | dung beetle |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 郎 — compare how they read.