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螳 — 17 strokes ／ Radical「虫」

道
1University / general (hardest) ／ 17 strokes ／ Radical「虫」
On
トウとう · tō
Kun
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Meaning
used in the word for mantis

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Insect 虫 with 堂 as phonetic: written 螳螂, the praying mantis.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 螳螂かまきり

    a praying mantis

  • 螳螂の斧とうろうのおの

    a hopeless show of resistance

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

螳螂(とうろう)が前脚(まえあし)を構(かま)える。

The mantis raises its forelegs.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

螳螂の斧螳螂螳斧axe螂used…蚩to moc…蚪used…蚣used…蚌a fres…蚓an ear…叨reckle…抖to sha…帑treasu…苳butter…恫to gri…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

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