Read Edit View history 螂 láng mantis Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 虫 represents the meaning and 郎 represents the sound. Simplified form of 蜋. Pinyin Separate values with commas láng × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 螂 Simp strokes 螂 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 螂 Simp strokes 螂 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 螂 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 82, 546 ], [ 111, 517 ], [ 151, 368 ] ], [ [ 129, 544 ], [ 317, 579 ], [ 351, 554 ], [ 318, 460 ] ], [ [ 162, 416 ], [ 360, 439 ] ], [ [ 176, 756 ], [ 233, 712 ], [ 214, 293 ] ], [ [ 63, 235 ], [ 122, 221 ], [ 319, 313 ] ], [ [ 310, 366 ], [ 356, 265 ] ], [ [ 443, 823 ], [ 559, 759 ] ], [ [ 452, 645 ], [ 547, 666 ], [ 590, 645 ], [ 545, 419 ] ], [ [ 463, 534 ], [ 520, 555 ] 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