蟑螂 zhāngláng cockroach Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 蟑 zhāng cockroach Phonosemantic compound. 虫 represents the meaning and 章 represents the sound. Components 虫 虫 Meaning component chóng bug, insect 章 章 Sound component zhāng chapter, seal 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