táng
mantis
Phonosemantic compound. 虫 represents the meaning and 堂 represents the sound.
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 螳
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
mantis | ||
praying mantis | ||
the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子); to pursue a narrow gain while neglecting a greater danger | ||
a mantis trying to stop a chariot (idiom) |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
4267th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 17 |
Unicode | U+87B3 |
Shuowen | 《說文新附》:“螳,螳蜋也。从虫,堂聲。” |
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