螳 — 17 strokes ／ Radical「虫」
道1University / general (hardest) ／ 17 strokes ／ Radical「虫」
- On
- トウ
- Kun
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- Meaning
- used in the word for mantis
Origin
Insect 虫 with 堂 as phonetic: written 螳螂, the praying mantis.
Stroke order
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
螳螂が前脚を構える。
The mantis raises its forelegs.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)