蚂螂 māláng dragonfly Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 蚂 mǎ ant Simplified Phonosemantic compound. 虫 represents the meaning and 马 represents the sound. Simplified form of 螞. Components 虫 虫 Meaning component chóng bug, insect 马 马 Sound component mǎ horse Sources Readings & variants Unicode 螂 láng mantis 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 ChineseZhengzhangraːŋ Sources Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang 螞 mǎ ant Traditional Phonosemantic compound. 虫 represents the meaning and 馬 represents the sound. Components 虫 虫 Meaning component chóng bug, insect 馬 馬 Sound component mǎ horse Sources Readings & variants Unicode