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beetle

HSK 10
Nature →Animals →Insects
láng
ロウ
랑
Phonosemantic compound. 虫 represents the meaning and 郎 represents the sound. Simplified form of 蜋.
Components
虫 insects+ 郎 gentleman =
螂 beetle
虫 Meaning component
chóng insects
insects, worms
郎 Phonetic component
láng gentleman
gentleman, young man
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Notes
Similar Characters
蛊 harm (simp)蜀 short name for Sichuan蟲 insects (trad)烛 taper (simp)融 melt独 alone (jp)触 touch (jp)浊 filthy (simp)繭 cocoon (trad/jp)茧 callus (simp)萤 glow-worm (simp)虮 louse (simp)虰 less common word虱 bug (simp)虹 rainbow虺 large poisonous snake虻 horsefly虼 a flea虽 even (simp)虾 prawn (simp)
Chinese
螂 [láng]
dragonfly; mantis
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (13)
蟑螂 [zhāng​láng] #6,913
cockroach
螳螂 [táng​láng] #16,941
mantis
螳螂捕蝉 [táng​láng​bǔ​chán] #56,841
the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子); to pursue a narrow gain while neglecting a greater danger
螳螂捕蝉 [táng​láng​bǔ​chán] #56,841
the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子); to pursue a narrow gain while neglecting a greater danger
蜣螂 [qiāng​láng] #61,342
dung beetle
蚂螂 [mā​láng] #74,756
dragonfly
蚂螂 [mā​láng] #74,756
dragonfly
刀螂 [dāo​lang]
(dialect) mantis
北派螳螂拳 [běi​pài​táng​láng​quán]
Beipai Tanglang Quan - "Northern Praying Mantis" (Chinese Martial Art)
南派螳螂 [nán​pài​táng​láng]
Chow Gar - "Southern Praying Mantis" - Martial Art
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JAPANESE WORDS (7)
蟷螂 [かまきり] #44,242
praying mantis (esp. the narrow-winged mantis, Tenodera angustipennis)
蟷螂の斧 [とうろうのおの] #98,561
courageous but doomed resistance
螳螂拳 [とうろうけん] #149,117
praying mantis style
水蟷螂 [ミズカマキリ] #284,613
water scorpion (Ranatra chinensis)
擬螳螂 [かまきりもどき]
mantidfly (any insect of the family Mantispidae)
朝鮮蟷螂 [ちょうせんかまきり]
narrow-winged mantis
腹広蟷螂 [はらびろかまきり]
Indo-Pacific mantis (Hierodula patellifera)