1. 螳

螳

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  1. 螳 is the 4254th most frequent character.
  2. 螳 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 螳 appears as a character in 3 words.
  4. 螳 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
螳 => θ™«, ε ‚
Radical :
螳 => θ™« (insect), ⺌ (small), ε†– (cover), 口 (mouth), 土 (earth)
Graphical :
螳 => 口, δΈ¨, 𠂉, δΈ¨, δΈ·, ε†–, 口, δΈ€, δΈ¨, δΈ€

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. tang2 - praying mantis

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 螳 (tang2): The component ε ‚ is pronounced as 'tang2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 螳 (tang2): The component 土 is pronounced as 'tu3'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

θž³θž‚Β 

Medium Frequency

Decomposition Levels:
Level 1: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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