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螂 — 16 strokes ／ Radical「虫」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 16 strokes ／ Radical「虫」
On
ロウろう · rō
Kun
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Meaning
used in the word for mantis

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Insect 虫 with 郎 as phonetic: written 蟷螂, the praying mantis.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 蟷螂かまきり

    a praying mantis

  • 蟷螂の斧とうろうのおの

    a hopeless show of resistance

More words with this kanji

  • 螳螂かまきり
  • 螳螂の斧とうろうのおの

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

蟷螂(とうろう)の斧(おの)と笑(わら)われる。

They are laughed at for a hopeless resistance.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

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