螳

螳 · táng

mantis

Entry ↗

Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
táng
Cantonese
tong4
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

mantis

Dictionary definitions & readings

螳 táng · praying mantis

CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · 2026-10-13 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
42884.160:táng Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
1119.040:táng Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
360.140:táng Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
táng粵tong4 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
トウ ドウ Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
당:0N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
徒郎 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
LIFBG Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
5911.4 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1095.040 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
178.30 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
0725d' Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+87B3
Radical
虫 · 142
Strokes
17
Residual strokes
11
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6234

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

17 strokes
螳
Strokes
17
Convention
PRC · Make Me a Hanzi

17 strokes in writing order. Play to watch them, or Step through one at a time.

Modern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
dang · 徒郎 · 宕開一平唐定 · #837

PHONO-ML, source line 6701; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCihaiT
1196.110
kCowles
4441
kDaeJaweon
1559.330
kFennIndex
499.04
kGSR
0725d'
kHanYu
42884.160
kIRGDaeJaweon
1559.330
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
42884.160
kIRGKangXi
1095.040
kKangXi
1095.040
kLau
3120
kMatthews
6109
kMeyerWempe
3222
kMorohashi
33503
kNelson
4177
kSBGY
178.30
kSMSZD2003Index
619.10
kCangjie
LIFBG
kFenn
585I
kFourCornerCode
5911.4
kHKGlyph
3646
kMojiJoho
MJ023670
kPhonetic
1382
kUnihanCore2020
GHJKMPT
kIICore
AGTHKMP
kIRG_GSource
G0-732B
kIRG_HSource
HB1-C1AE
kIRG_JSource
J0-6A30
kIRG_KPSource
KP0-D5E6
kIRG_KSource
K0-5359
kIRG_TSource
T1-7539
kRSUnicode
142.11
kTotalStrokes
17
kBigFive
C1AE
kCCCII
21572B
kCNS1986
1-7539
kCNS1992
1-7539
kEACC
21572B
kGB0
8311
kGB1
8311
kJis0
7416
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
5838
kTGH
2013:6234
kTaiwanTelegraph
5838
kXerox
261:340
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+6549+142.6.11
kCantonese
tong4
kDefinition
mantis
kFanqie
徒郎
kHangul
당:0N
kHanyuPinyin
42884.160:táng
kJapanese
トウ ドウ
kJapaneseOn
TOU
kKorean
TANG
kMandarin
táng
kSMSZD2003Readings
táng粵tong4
kTGHZ2013
360.140:táng
kXHC1983
1119.040:táng
kSemanticVariant
U+8797<kMeyerWempe

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
8dictionary records using 螳0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right

Shape description
虫 beside 堂 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿰虫堂$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰虫堂$(GHTJKP)

All alternatives are retained. Only the first description drives component search and graphical links. Counts describe this snapshot, not frequency. Evidence and method.