蜣螂 qiāngláng dung beetle Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 蜣 qiāng dung beetle Components 虫 虫 Meaning component chóng bug, insect insect 羌 羌 Sound component qiāng Qiang nationality Historical Pronunciations Old ChineseZhengzhangkʰlaŋ Sources Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang 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