Word Meaning 螳螂拳

とうろうけん tourouken

螳螂拳 is read as とうろうけん (tourouken) and means praying mantis style.

Meaning

English

  1. praying mantis style

Reading

Kana

とうろうけん

Romaji

tourouken

Writing Variants

  • 蟷螂拳 とうろうけん tourouken

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 43 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

擬螳螂

かまきりもどき

mantidfly (any insect of the family Mantispidae)

こぶし

fist

じゃん拳

じゃんけん

rock-paper-scissors (game)

内家拳

ないかけん

neijia (Chinese martial arts style)

赤手空拳

せきしゅくうけん

barehanded

武術太極拳

ぶじゅつたいきょくけん

wushu

藤八拳

とうはちけん

game of chance similar to rock, paper scissors, where the different hand gestures symbolize a fox, a hunter and a village head

徒手空拳

としゅくうけん

being empty-handed

五形拳

ごけいけん

Wu Xing Fist

野球拳

やきゅうけん

yakyūken

形意拳

けいいけん

shape-of-the-mind fist

八極拳

はっきょくけん

bajiquan (Chinese martial art)