螂 — Chinese character
螂
láng
mantis, dung beetle
- Pinyin
- láng
- Radical
- 142 ⾍ (Insect)
- Strokes
- 14
- Components
- 虫 郎
- Formation
- pictophonetic — insect; meaning component 虫; sound component 郎
- Japanese
- 螂 as a kanji
Common words with 螂
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 蟑螂 | zhāng láng | cockroach |
| 螳螂 | táng láng | mantis; praying mantis |
| 蜣螂 | qiāng láng | dung beetle |
| 螳螂捕蝉 (螳螂捕蟬) | táng láng bǔ chán | see 螳螂捕蟬，黃雀在後|螳螂捕蝉，黄雀在后[tang2 lang2 bu3 chan2 , huang2 que4 zai4 hou4] |
| 刀螂 | dāo lang | (dialect) mantis |
| 南派螳螂 | nán pài táng láng | Chow Gar - "Southern Praying Mantis" - Martial Art |
| 屎蚵螂 | shǐ kē láng | dung beetle |
| 虼螂 | gè láng | see 蜣螂 (qiāng láng) |
| 蚂螂 (螞螂) | mā láng | dragonfly |
| 蟑螂屋 | zhāng láng wū | cockroach trap |
English words written with 螂
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.