What does kanji 螂 mean?

The primary meaning of kanji 螂 is mantis.

How is kanji 螂 read?

The onyomi readings for kanji 螂 are ロウ.

What words use kanji 螂?

Example words that use kanji 螂 include 擬螳螂, 水蟷螂, 朝鮮蟷螂, 腹広蟷螂.

Kanken 1

螂

Meaning

Kanji 螂

mantis

Stroke Order

Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み: -
Onyomi 音読み: ロウ
Nanori 名乗り: -

Variant: 蜋 (Legal Form)

Jōyō: -
JLPT: -
Frequency: -
Strokes: 16
Radical: -
Components: -
Kanji Kentei: Level 1
Similar Kanji: 郞 • 瑯 • 蓈 • 嫏 • 榔 • 郎 • 廊

Related vocabulary

Showing 7 common entries

Showing 7 of 7 entries that include this kanji.

擬螳螂

かまきりもどき

mantidfly (any insect of the family Mantispidae)

水蟷螂

みずかまきり

water stick

朝鮮蟷螂

ちょうせんかまきり

narrow-winged mantis

腹広蟷螂

はらびろかまきり

Indo-Pacific mantis (Hierodula patellifera)

蟷螂

いいぼむしり

praying mantis (esp. the narrow-winged mantis, Tenodera angustipennis)

螳螂拳

とうろうけん

praying mantis style

蟷螂の斧

とうろうのおの

courageous but doomed resistance

Example sentences

5 reference sentences

庭で螂を見つけた。

I found a mantis in the garden.

螂は前足を高く上げた。

The mantis raised its front legs high.

子どもたちは螂を静かに観察した。

The children quietly observed the mantis.

その螂は葉の上でじっとしていた。

The mantis stayed still on the leaf.

朝、窓のそばに小さな螂がいた。

This morning, there was a small mantis by the window.