# 螂

| 螂 | U+8782, &#34690; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8782 |
| ← 螁 [U+8781] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 螃 → [U+8783] |

## Translingual
### Han character

螂 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+10, 16 strokes, cangjie input 中戈戈戈中 (LIIIL), four-corner 5712$_7$, composition ⿰虫郎)

#### Derived characters

* 𥶨

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1092, character 22
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33362
* Dae Jaweon: page 1557, character 12
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2866, character 8
* Unihan data for U+8782

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 剆 | *raːl, *raːlʔ |
| 郎 | *raːŋ |
| 稂 | *raːŋ |
| 桹 | *raːŋ |
| 鋃 | *raːŋ |
| 硠 | *raːŋ |
| 浪 | *raːŋ, *raːŋs |
| 蜋 | *raːŋ, *raŋ |
| 琅 | *raːŋ |
| 狼 | *raːŋ |
| 欴 | *raːŋ |
| 踉 | *raːŋ, *raŋ, *raŋs |
| 莨 | *raːŋ, *raːŋs |
| 艆 | *raːŋ |
| 駺 | *raːŋ |
| 躴 | *raːŋ |
| 筤 | *raːŋ |
| 閬 | *raːŋ, *raːŋs |
| 哴 | *raːŋ, *raŋs |
| 蓈 | *raːŋ |
| 廊 | *raːŋ |
| 榔 | *raːŋ, *raːŋʔ |
| 螂 | *raːŋ |
| 瑯 | *raːŋ |
| 朗 | *raːŋʔ |
| 朖 | *raːŋʔ |
| 誏 | *raːŋʔ |
| 俍 | *raːŋʔ |
| 崀 | *raːŋʔ |
| 埌 | *raːŋs |
| 蒗 | *raːŋs |
| 娘 | *naŋ |
| 良 | *raŋ |
| 粮 | *raŋ |
| 悢 | *raŋs |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): láng (lang$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄌㄤˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): long$^4$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): lòng
    (Meixian, Guangdong): long$^2$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lông / bông
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: láng
*** Zhuyin: ㄌㄤˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: láng
*** Wade–Giles: lang$^2$
*** Yale: láng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lang
*** Palladius: лан (lan)
*** Sinological IPA : /lɑŋ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: long$^4$
*** Yale: lòhng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: long$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: long$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /lɔːŋ²¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lòng
*** Hakka Romanization System: long$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: long$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /loŋ¹¹/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: long$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /lɔŋ¹¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lông
*** Tâi-lô: lông
*** Phofsit Daibuun: loong
*** IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /lɔŋ²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /lɔŋ¹³/
** (Hokkien: Lukang)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bông
*** Tâi-lô: bông
*** Phofsit Daibuun: boong
*** IPA (Lukang): /bɔŋ²⁴/
* Middle Chinese: ljang, lang
Rime :
| Character | 螂 | 螂 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 來 (37) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 陽 (105) | 唐 (101) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | I |
| Fanqie | 呂章切 | 魯當切 |
| Baxter | ljang | lang |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /lɨɐŋ/ | /lɑŋ/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /liɐŋ/ | /lɑŋ/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /liɑŋ/ | /lɑŋ/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /lɨaŋ/ | /laŋ/ |
| Li Rong | /liaŋ/ | /lɑŋ/ |
| Wang Li | /lĭaŋ/ | /lɑŋ/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /li̯aŋ/ | /lɑŋ/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | liáng | láng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | loeng$^4$ | long$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*raːŋ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 螂 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 8032 |
| Phonetic component | 良 |
| Rime group | 陽 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 郎 |
| Old Chinese | /*raːŋ/ |
| Notes | 蜋後起字見淮南子玉篇 |

### Definitions

螂
* Used in compounds.

### Compounds

* 刀螂 (dāoláng)
* 蕈螂
* 虼螂 (gèláng)
* 虼螂皮
* 蜣螂 (qiāngláng)
* 螞螂／蚂螂
* 蟑螂 (zhāngláng)
* 螳螂 (tángláng)
* 螳螂拳
* 螳螂搏蟬／螳螂搏蝉

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* mantis

#### Readings

* Go-on: ろう (rō)
* Kan-on: ろう (rō)

#### Compounds

* 螳螂(かまきり) (kamakiri), 蟷螂(かまきり) (kamakiri), 螳螂(とうろう) (tōrō), 蟷螂(とうろう) (tōrō)
* 螳螂拳(とうろうけん) (tōrōken)
* 蟷螂(とうろう)の斧(おの) (tōrō no ono)

## Korean
### Hanja

螂 • (rang>nang) (hangeul 랑>낭, revised rang>nang, McCune–Reischauer rang>nang, Yale lang>nang)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

螂: Hán Nôm readings: lang
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