螳
táng

mantis

Phonosemantic compound. 虫 represents the meaning and 堂 represents the sound.

Components

虫
虫 Meaning component
chóng bug, insect
堂
堂 Sound component
táng, tang hall

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangdaːŋ

說文解字

螳蜋也。从虫堂聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)