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láng

mantis

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents

Phonosemantic compound. 虫 represents the meaning and 郎 represents the sound. Simplified form of 蜋.

Components

虫
虫 Meaning component
chóng bug, insect
郎
郎 Sound component
láng gentleman

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangraːŋ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang