# 蟷

| 蟷 | U+87F7, &#34807; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-87F7 |
| ← 蟶 [U+87F6] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 蟸 → [U+87F8] |

## Translingual
### Han character

蟷 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 中戈火月田 (LIFBW), four-corner 5916$_6$, composition ⿰虫當)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1098, character 46
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33665
* Dae Jaweon: page 1563, character 2
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2896, character 14
* Unihan data for U+87F7

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

* Historical forms of the character 蟷
* Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
* Small seal script
| | Old Chinese |
| 當 | *taːŋ, *taːŋs |
| 襠 | *taːŋ |
| 鐺 | *taːŋ, *sʰraːŋ |
| 簹 | *taːŋ |
| 璫 | *taːŋ |
| 檔 | *taːŋ, *taːŋs |
| 儅 | *taːŋ, *taːŋs |
| 蟷 | *taːŋ |
| 擋 | *taːŋʔ, *taːŋs |
| 黨 | *taːŋʔ, *tʰaːŋʔ |
| 讜 | *taːŋʔ |
| 欓 | *taːŋʔ |
| 譡 | *taːŋs |
| 闣 | *taːŋs |
| 瓽 | *taːŋs |
| 鏜 | *tʰaːŋ |
| 闛 | *tʰaːŋ, *daːŋ |
| 鼞 | *tʰaːŋ |
| 曭 | *tʰaːŋʔ |
| 儻 | *tʰaːŋʔ, *tʰaːŋs |
| 戃 | *tʰaːŋʔ |
| 矘 | *tʰaːŋʔ |
| 爣 | *tʰaːŋʔ |
| 攩 | *hl'aːŋʔ, *ɦʷlaːŋʔ, *ɦʷlaːŋs |
| 淌 | *tʰaːŋʔ |
| 倘 | *tʰaːŋʔ |
| 躺 | *tʰaːŋʔ |
| 趟 | *tʰaːŋs, *rtaːŋ, *rtaːŋs |
| 堂 | *daːŋ |
| 坣 | *daːŋ |
| 棠 | *daːŋ |
| 糛 | *daːŋ |
| 螳 | *daːŋ |
| 隚 | *daːŋ |
| 橖 | *daːŋ |
| 掌 | *tjaŋʔ |
| 廠 | *tʰjaŋʔ, *tʰjaŋs |
| 敞 | *tʰjaŋʔ |
| 僘 | *tʰjaŋʔ |
| 氅 | *tʰjaŋʔ |
| 常 | *djaŋ |
| 嘗 | *djaŋ |
| 裳 | *djaŋ |
| 徜 | *djaŋ |
| 尚 | *djaŋ, *djaŋs |
| 甞 | *djaŋ |
| 鋿 | *djaŋ |
| 嫦 | *djaŋ |
| 償 | *djaŋ, *djaŋs |
| 賞 | *hjaŋʔ |
| 瞠 | *rtʰaːŋ |
| 撐 | *rtʰaːŋ |
| 樘 | *rtʰaːŋ |
| 橕 | *rtʰaːŋ |
| 牚 | *rtʰaːŋs |
| 埫 | *tʰoŋʔ |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): dāng (dang$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄉㄤ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): dong$^1$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: dāng
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄤ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: dang
*** Wade–Giles: tang$^1$
*** Yale: dāng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dang
*** Palladius: дан (dan)
*** Sinological IPA : /tɑŋ⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: dong$^1$
*** Yale: dōng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dong$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: dong$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /tɔːŋ⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: tang
Rime :
| Character | 蟷 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 端 (5) |
| Final (韻) | 唐 (101) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 都郎切 |
| Baxter | tang |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /tɑŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /tɑŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /tɑŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /taŋ/ |
| Li Rong | /tɑŋ/ |
| Wang Li | /tɑŋ/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /tɑŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | dāng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | dong$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*taːŋ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 蟷 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 11111 |
| Phonetic component | 尚 |
| Rime group | 陽 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 當 |
| Old Chinese | /*taːŋ/ |

### Definitions

蟷
* Used in compounds.

### Compounds

* 螲蟷／螲𬠅 (diédàng)
* 蟷蜋／𬠅蜋 (dāngláng)
* 蟷蠰／𬠅蠰

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* mantis

#### Readings

* Go-on: とう (tō)
* Kan-on: とう (tō)

#### Compounds

* 蟷螂(かまきり) (kamakiri), 蟷螂(とうろう) (tōrō)
* 蟷螂(とうろう)の斧(おの) (tōrō no ono)

## Korean
### Hanja

蟷 • (dang) (hangeul 당, revised dang, McCune–Reischauer tang, Yale tang)
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