螳

See also: 螗

螳 U+87B3, 螳 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-87B3 ← 螲 [U+87B2] CJK Unified Ideographs 螴 → [U+87B4]

Translingual

Han character

螳 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 中戈火月土 (LIFBG), four-corner 5911₄, composition ⿰虫堂)

1. mantis

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1095, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33503
• Dae Jaweon: page 1559, character 33
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2884, character 16
• Unihan data for U+87B3

Chinese

simp. and trad.		螳
2nd round simp.		𰳇

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (尚) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
當	*taːŋ, *taːŋs
襠	*taːŋ
鐺	*taːŋ, *sʰraːŋ
簹	*taːŋ
璫	*taːŋ
檔	*taːŋ, *taːŋs
儅	*taːŋ, *taːŋs
蟷	*taːŋ
擋	*taːŋʔ, *taːŋs
黨	*taːŋʔ, *tʰaːŋʔ
讜	*taːŋʔ
欓	*taːŋʔ
譡	*taːŋs
闣	*taːŋs
瓽	*taːŋs
鏜	*tʰaːŋ
闛	*tʰaːŋ, *daːŋ
鼞	*tʰaːŋ
曭	*tʰaːŋʔ
儻	*tʰaːŋʔ, *tʰaːŋs
戃	*tʰaːŋʔ
矘	*tʰaːŋʔ
爣	*tʰaːŋʔ
攩	*hl'aːŋʔ, *ɦʷlaːŋʔ, *ɦʷlaːŋs
淌	*tʰaːŋʔ
倘	*tʰaːŋʔ
躺	*tʰaːŋʔ
趟	*tʰaːŋs, *rtaːŋ, *rtaːŋs
堂	*daːŋ
坣	*daːŋ
棠	*daːŋ
糛	*daːŋ
螳	*daːŋ
隚	*daːŋ
橖	*daːŋ
掌	*tjaŋʔ
廠	*tʰjaŋʔ, *tʰjaŋs
敞	*tʰjaŋʔ
僘	*tʰjaŋʔ
氅	*tʰjaŋʔ
常	*djaŋ
嘗	*djaŋ
裳	*djaŋ
徜	*djaŋ
尚	*djaŋ, *djaŋs
甞	*djaŋ
鋿	*djaŋ
嫦	*djaŋ
償	*djaŋ, *djaŋs
賞	*hjaŋʔ
瞠	*rtʰaːŋ
撐	*rtʰaːŋ
樘	*rtʰaːŋ
橕	*rtʰaːŋ
牚	*rtʰaːŋs
埫	*tʰoŋʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): táng (tang²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tong⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): thòng

  (Meixian, Guangdong): tong²

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tông / tông

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: táng
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: táng
    • Wade–Giles: tʻang²
    • Yale: táng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tarng
    • Palladius: тан (tan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tong⁴
    • Yale: tòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tong⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: tong⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɔːŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thòng
    • Hakka Romanization System: tongˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tong²
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰoŋ¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: tong²
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰɔŋ¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tông
    • Tâi-lô: tông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doong
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /tɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔŋ¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Lukang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tông
    • Tâi-lô: tông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doong
    • IPA (Lukang): /tɔŋ²⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: dang

Rime
Character	螳
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	定 (7)
Final (韻)	唐 (101)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	徒郎切
Baxter	dang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/dɑŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/dɑŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/dɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/daŋ/
Li Rong	/dɑŋ/
Wang Li	/dɑŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/dʱɑŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	táng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	tong4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*daːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	螳
Reading #	1/1
No.	11142
Phonetic component	尚
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	唐
Old Chinese	/*daːŋ/

Definitions

螳

1. praying mantis

   螳螂  ―  tángláng  ―  praying mantis

Compounds

• 螳斧
• 螳臂擋車／螳臂挡车
• 螳臂當車／螳臂当车
• 螳螂 (tángláng)
• 螳螂拳
• 螳螂捕蟬／螳螂捕蝉
• 螳螂捕蟬，黃雀在後／螳螂捕蝉，黄雀在后 (tángláng bǔ chán, huángquè zài hòu)

 

Japanese

Kanji

螳

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: どう (dō)^{←だう (dau, historical)}
• Kan-on: とう (tō)^{←たう (tau, historical)}

Compounds

• 螳螂(かまきり) (kamakiri), 螳螂(とうろう) (tōrō)
• 螳螂拳(とうろうけん) (tōrōken)

Korean

Hanja

螳 • (dang) (hangeul 당, revised dang, McCune–Reischauer tang, Yale tang)

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