螽

螽 · zhōng

katydid

Entry ↗

Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
zhōng
Cantonese
zung1
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

katydid

Dictionary definitions & readings

螽 zhōng · (grasshopper); Gompsocleis mikado

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

Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
42886.160:zhōng Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
1499.050:zhōng Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
480.120:zhōng Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
zhōng粵zung1 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
シュウ いなご Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
종:1N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
職戎 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
HEYLI Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
2713.6 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1095.180 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
025.04 Source property ↗
Grammata Serica Recensa · references
1002f Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+87BD
Radical
虫 · 142
Strokes
17
Residual strokes
11
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6283

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

17 strokes
螽
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
tsyuwng · 職戎 · 通開三平東章 · #5

PHONO-ML, source line 84; 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
1197.302
kCowles
390
kDaeJaweon
1560.090
kGSR
1002f
kHanYu
42886.160
kIRGDaeJaweon
1560.090
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
42886.160
kIRGKangXi
1095.180
kKangXi
1095.180
kMatthews
1501
kMeyerWempe
420b
kMorohashi
33519 33519:E0102
kNelson
1165
kSBGY
025.04
kSMSZD2003Index
620.01
kCangjie
HEYLI
kFourCornerCode
2713.6
kMojiJoho
MJ023680 MJ023680:E0102 MJ023681:E0103
kUnihanCore2020
GHJMT
kIICore
BGT
kIRG_GSource
G0-732E
kIRG_HSource
HB2-EE6E
kIRG_JSource
J0-6A2A
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-727B
kIRG_KSource
K1-6D44
kIRG_TSource
T2-5F3C
kRSUnicode
142.11
kTotalStrokes
17
kBigFive
EE6E
kCCCII
232C24
kCNS1986
2-5F3C
kCNS1992
2-5F3C
kEACC
232C24
kGB0
8314
kGB1
8314
kJis0
7410
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
5830
kTGH
2013:6283
kTaiwanTelegraph
5830
kXerox
300:323
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+6543+142.6.11 V+14213+142.6.11
kCantonese
zung1
kDefinition
katydid
kFanqie
職戎
kHangul
종:1N
kHanyuPinyin
42886.160:zhōng
kJapanese
シュウ いなご
kJapaneseKun
INAGO
kJapaneseOn
SHUU
kKorean
CONG
kMandarin
zhōng
kSMSZD2003Readings
zhōng粵zung1
kTGHZ2013
480.120:zhōng
kTang
jiung
kXHC1983
1499.050:zhōng

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
7dictionary records using 螽0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
⿱ Above / below

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

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿱冬䖵$(GHTJKP)

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