Chinese Character 螳 Meanings and components.
Form
螳
Meaning
- 螳 meaning[3] in English
Praying Mantis.
Main Components
By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 螳 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are lower form of … (虫) , and (main) hall (堂)
Its radical[1] is: 虫 (chong2) which means: Lower Form Of Animal Life, Including Insects, Insect Larvae, Worms And Similar Creatures, Cl:條|条[Tiao2],隻|只[Zhi1], (Fig.) Person With A Particular Undesirable Characteristic, .虫
In cangjie it is written with LIFBG
How to write 螳
To write螳 you should write a combination of 虫 , 堂 arranged in a 吅 shape:
虫 + 堂 = 螳
螳 Stroke Order
The order of the strokes to write 螳 should be followed in this specific way.
Components Tree
The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 螳, looks as follow:
螳
Pinyin:tang2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Praying Mantis
虫
Pinyin:chong2
Meaning[3]: Lower Form Of Animal Life, Including Insects, Insect Larvae, Worms And Similar Creatures . Cl:條|条[Tiao2],隻|只[Zhi1] . (Fig.) Person With A Particular Undesirable Characteristic
堂
Pinyin:tang2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: (Main) Hall . Large Room For A Specific Purpose . Cl:間|间[Jian1] . Relationship Between Cousins Etc On The Paternal Side Of A Family . Of The Same Clan . Classifier For Classes, Lectures Etc . Classifier For Sets Of Furniture