螳 — Chinese character
螳
táng
praying mantis
- Pinyin
- táng
- Radical
- 142 ⾍ (Insect)
- Strokes
- 17
- Components
- 虫 堂
- Formation
- pictophonetic — insect; meaning component 虫; sound component 堂
- Japanese
- 螳 as a kanji
Common words with 螳
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 螳螂 | táng láng | mantis; praying mantis |
| 螳臂当车 (螳臂當車) | táng bì dāng chē | (lit.) a mantis trying to stop a chariot (idiom); (fig.) to overrate oneself and attempt sth impossible |
| 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] |
| 螳臂挡车 (螳臂擋車) | táng bì dǎng chē | see 螳臂当车 (táng bì dāng chē) |
| 南派螳螂 | nán pài táng láng | Chow Gar - "Southern Praying Mantis" - Martial Art |
English words written with 螳
螳 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Zhuangzi 3
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.