# 螳

| 螳 | U+87B3, &#34739; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-87B3 |
| ← 螲 [U+87B2] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 螴 → [U+87B4] |

## Translingual
### Han character

螳 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+11, 17 strokes, cangjie input 中戈火月土 (LIFBG), four-corner 5911$_4$, composition ⿰虫堂)
* mantis

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1095, character 4
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33503
* Dae Jaweon: page 1559, character 33
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2884, character 16
* Unihan data for U+87B3

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | 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): táng (tang$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄊㄤˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): tong$^4$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): thòng
    (Meixian, Guangdong): tong$^2$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tông / tông
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: táng
*** Zhuyin: ㄊㄤˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: táng
*** Wade–Giles: tʻang$^2$
*** Yale: táng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tarng
*** Palladius: тан (tan)
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰɑŋ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: tong$^4$
*** Yale: tòhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: tong$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: tong$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /tʰɔːŋ²¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thòng
*** Hakka Romanization System: tong$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: tong$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰoŋ¹¹/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: tong$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /tʰɔŋ¹¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tông
*** Tâi-lô: tông
*** Phofsit Daibuun: doong
*** IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /tɔŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔŋ¹³/
** (Hokkien: Lukang)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tông
*** Tâi-lô: tông
*** Phofsit Daibuun: doong
*** IPA (Lukang): /tɔŋ²⁴/
* Middle Chinese: dang
Rime :
| Character | 螳 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 定 (7) |
| Final (韻) | 唐 (101) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 徒郎切 |
| Baxter | dang |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /dɑŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /dɑŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /dɑŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /daŋ/ |
| Li Rong | /dɑŋ/ |
| Wang Li | /dɑŋ/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /dʱɑŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | táng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | tong$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*daːŋ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 螳 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 11142 |
| Phonetic component | 尚 |
| Rime group | 陽 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 唐 |
| Old Chinese | /*daːŋ/ |

### Definitions

螳
* praying mantis
    螳螂 ― tángláng ― praying mantis

### Compounds

* 珠螳 (zhūtáng)
* 碩螳／硕螳 (shuòtáng)
* 螳斧
* 螳臂擋車／螳臂挡车
* 螳臂當車／螳臂当车
* 螳螂 (tángláng)
* 螳螂拳
* 螳螂捕蟬／螳螂捕蝉
* 螳螂捕蟬，黃雀在後／螳螂捕蝉，黄雀在后 (tángláng bǔ chán, huángquè zài hòu)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: どう (dō)
* Kan-on: とう (tō)

#### Compounds

* 螳螂(かまきり) (kamakiri), 螳螂(とうろう) (tōrō)
* 螳螂拳(とうろうけん) (tōrōken)

## Korean
### Hanja

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