蟑

蟑 · zhāng

cockroach

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
zhāng
Cantonese
zoeng1
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

cockroach

Dictionary definitions & readings

蟑 zhāng · used in 蟑螂 zhāng láng

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
80032.240:zhāng Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
1454.070:zhāng Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
466.100:zhāng Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
zhāng粵zoeng1 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
LIYTJ Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
5014.6 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
1096.271 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+87D1
Radical
虫 · 142
Strokes
17
Residual strokes
11
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 2 · #6235

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Stroke order

17 strokes
蟑
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.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kHanYu
80032.240
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
80032.240
kIRGKangXi
1096.271
kKangXi
1096.271
kSMSZD2003Index
620.08
kCangjie
LIYTJ
kFourCornerCode
5014.6
kHKGlyph
3642
kPhonetic
110
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIICore
AGTHM
kIRG_GSource
G0-732F
kIRG_HSource
HB1-C1AD
kIRG_KSource
K2-5D34
kIRG_TSource
T1-7538
kRSUnicode
142.11
kTotalStrokes
17
kBigFive
C1AD
kCCCII
215728
kCNS1986
1-7538
kCNS1992
1-7538
kEACC
215728
kGB0
8315
kGB1
8315
kMainlandTelegraph
7924
kTGH
2013:6235
kXerox
321:131
kCantonese
zoeng1
kDefinition
cockroach
kHanyuPinyin
80032.240:zhāng
kMandarin
zhāng
kSMSZD2003Readings
zhāng粵zoeng1
kTGHZ2013
466.100:zhāng
kXHC1983
1454.070:zhāng

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
3dictionary records using 蟑0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
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Shape description
虫 beside 章 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea
Source notation ^⿰虫章$(GHTK)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰虫章$(GHTK)

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