螂

Translingual

Han character

螂 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 中戈戈戈中 (LIIIL), four-corner 5712₇, composition ⿰虫郎)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1092, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33362
• Dae Jaweon: page 1557, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2866, character 8
• Unihan data for U+8782

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		螂
alternative forms		蜋

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
剆	*raːl, *raːlʔ
郎	*raːŋ
稂	*raːŋ
桹	*raːŋ
鋃	*raːŋ
硠	*raːŋ
浪	*raːŋ, *raːŋs
蜋	*raːŋ, *raŋ
琅	*raːŋ
狼	*raːŋ
欴	*raːŋ
踉	*raːŋ, *raŋ, *raŋs
莨	*raːŋ, *raːŋs
艆	*raːŋ
駺	*raːŋ
躴	*raːŋ
筤	*raːŋ
閬	*raːŋ, *raːŋs
哴	*raːŋ, *raŋs
蓈	*raːŋ
廊	*raːŋ
榔	*raːŋ, *raːŋʔ
螂	*raːŋ
瑯	*raːŋ
朗	*raːŋʔ
朖	*raːŋʔ
誏	*raːŋʔ
俍	*raːŋʔ
崀	*raːŋʔ
埌	*raːŋs
蒗	*raːŋs
娘	*naŋ
良	*raŋ
粮	*raŋ
悢	*raŋs

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): láng (lang²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): long⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): lòng

  (Meixian, Guangdong): long²

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lông / bông

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: láng
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: láng
    • Wade–Giles: lang²
    • Yale: láng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lang
    • Palladius: лан (lan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: long⁴
    • Yale: lòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: long⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: long⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔːŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lòng
    • Hakka Romanization System: longˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: long²
    • Sinological IPA: /loŋ¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: long²
    • Sinological IPA: /lɔŋ¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lông
    • Tâi-lô: lông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: loong
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /lɔŋ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lɔŋ¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Lukang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bông
    • Tâi-lô: bông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boong
    • IPA (Lukang): /bɔŋ²⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: ljang, lang

Rime
Character	螂	螂
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	陽 (105)	唐 (101)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	I
Fanqie	呂章切	魯當切
Baxter	ljang	lang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lɨɐŋ/	/lɑŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/liɐŋ/	/lɑŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/liɑŋ/	/lɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɨaŋ/	/laŋ/
Li Rong	/liaŋ/	/lɑŋ/
Wang Li	/lĭaŋ/	/lɑŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/li̯aŋ/	/lɑŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	liáng	láng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	loeng4	long4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*raːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	螂
Reading #	1/1
No.	8032
Phonetic component	良
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	郎
Old Chinese	/*raːŋ/
Notes	蜋後起字見淮南子玉篇

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 螂

1. Used in compounds.

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Japanese

Kanji

螂

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. mantis

Readings

• Go-on: ろう (rō)
• Kan-on: ろう (rō)

Compounds

• 螳螂(かまきり) (kamakiri), 蟷螂(かまきり) (kamakiri), 螳螂(とうろう) (tōrō), 蟷螂(とうろう) (tōrō)
• 螳螂拳(とうろうけん) (tōrōken)
• 蟷螂(とうろう)の斧(おの) (tōrō no ono)

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Korean

Hanja

螂 • (rang>nang) (hangeul 랑>낭, revised rang>nang, McCune–Reischauer rang>nang, Yale lang>nang)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 螂 (lang)

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