1. 螳
  2. 螂

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 => 虫, 堂
Radical :
螳 => 虫 (insect), ⺌ (small), 冖 (cover), 口 (mouth), 土 (earth)
Graphical :
螳 => 口, 丨, 𠂉, 丨, 丷, 冖, 口, 一, 丨, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. tang2 - praying mantis

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 螳 (tang2): The component 堂 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

螳螂 

Medium Frequency

螂

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Meta:

  1. 螂 is the 3587th most frequent character.
  2. 螂 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 螂 appears as a character in 3 words.
  4. 螂 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
螂 => 虫, 郎
Radical :
螂 => 虫 (insect), 丨 (line), 彐 (pig snout), 乚 (second), 丶 (dot), 丶 (dot), 阝 (town)
Graphical :
螂 => 口, 丨, 𠂉, 丨, ㇕, 二, 乚, 丶, 丶, 丨, ㇌

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. lang2 - dragonfly/mantis

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 螂 (lang2): The component 郎 is pronounced as 'lang2'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

蟑螂 

Medium Frequency

螳螂 
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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