螂

螂	U+8782, 螂 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8782

← 螁
[U+8781]

CJK Unified Ideographs

螃 →
[U+8783]

Translingual

Han character

螂 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 中戈戈戈中 (LIIIL), four-corner 5712₇, composition ⿰虫郎)

Derived characters

𥶨

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 1092, character 22
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33362
Dae Jaweon: page 1557, character 12
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2866, character 8
Unihan data for U+8782

Chinese

simp. and trad.		螂
alternative forms		蜋

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 螂
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (良) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
剆	raːl, raːlʔ
郎	*raːŋ
稂	*raːŋ
桹	*raːŋ
鋃	*raːŋ
硠	*raːŋ
浪	raːŋ, raːŋs
蜋	raːŋ, raŋ
琅	*raːŋ
狼	*raːŋ
欴	*raːŋ
踉	raːŋ, raŋ, *raŋs
莨	raːŋ, raːŋs
艆	*raːŋ
駺	*raːŋ
躴	*raːŋ
筤	*raːŋ
閬	raːŋ, raːŋs
哴	raːŋ, raŋs
蓈	*raːŋ
廊	*raːŋ
榔	raːŋ, raːŋʔ
螂	*raːŋ
瑯	*raːŋ
朗	*raːŋʔ
朖	*raːŋʔ
誏	*raːŋʔ
俍	*raːŋʔ
崀	*raːŋʔ
埌	*raːŋs
蒗	*raːŋs
娘	*naŋ
良	*raŋ
粮	*raŋ
悢	*raŋs

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): láng (lang²)

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): long⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): lòng

(Meixian, Guangdong): long²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lông / bông
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁶laon / ²laon / ²lan

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: láng
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄤˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: láng
  - Wade–Giles: lang²
  - Yale: láng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lang
  - Palladius: лан (lan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: long⁴
  - Yale: lòhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: long⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: long⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔːŋ²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lòng
  - Hakka Romanization System: long^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: long²
  - Sinological IPA: /loŋ¹¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: long²
  - Sinological IPA: /lɔŋ¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lông
  - Tâi-lô: lông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: loong
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /lɔŋ²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lɔŋ¹³/
- (Hokkien: Lukang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bông
  - Tâi-lô: bông
  - Phofsit Daibuun: boong
  - IPA (Lukang): /bɔŋ²⁴/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶laon
  - MiniDict: laon^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³laan
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /lɑ̃²³/
- (Northern: Suzhou)
  - Wugniu: ²laon
  - MiniDict: laon^平
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /lɑ̃²²³/
- (Northern: Changzhou)
  - Wugniu: ²lan
  - MiniDict: lan^平
  - Sinological IPA (Changzhou): /laŋ¹³/

Middle Chinese: ljang, lang

Rime
Character	螂	螂
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)	唐 (101)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	呂章切	魯當切
Baxter	ljang	lang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɨɐŋ/	/lɑŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/liɐŋ/	/lɑŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/liɑŋ/	/lɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɨaŋ/	/laŋ/
Li Rong	/liaŋ/	/lɑŋ/
Wang Li	/lĭaŋ/	/lɑŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/li̯aŋ/	/lɑŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	liáng	láng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	loeng⁴	long⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*raːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	螂
Reading #	1/1
No.	8032
Phonetic component	良
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	郎
Old Chinese	/*raːŋ/
Notes	蜋後起字見淮南子玉篇

Definitions

螂

Used in compounds.

Compounds

刀螂 (dāoláng)
蕈螂
虼螂 (gèláng)
虼螂皮
蜣螂 (qiāngláng)
螞螂 / 蚂螂
蟑螂 (zhāngláng)
螳螂 (tángláng)
螳螂拳
螳螂搏蟬 / 螳螂搏蝉

Japanese

Kanji

螂

(Hyōgai kanji)

mantis

Readings

Go-on: ろう (rō)
Kan-on: ろう (rō)

Compounds

螳螂(かまきり) (kamakiri), 蟷螂(かまきり) (kamakiri), 螳螂(とうろう) (tōrō), 蟷螂(とうろう) (tōrō)
螳螂拳(とうろうけん) (tōrōken)
蟷螂(とうろう)の斧(おの) (tōrō no ono)

Korean

Hanja

螂 • (rang>nang) (hangeul 랑>낭, revised rang>nang, McCune–Reischauer rang>nang, Yale lang>nang)

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Vietnamese

Han character

螂: Hán Nôm readings: lang

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