Word Meaning 蟷螂

かまきり kamakiri

蟷螂 is read as かまきり (kamakiri) and means praying mantis (esp. the narrow-winged mantis, Tenodera angustipennis).

Meaning

English

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

Reading

Kana

かまきり

Romaji

kamakiri

Writing Variants

  • 鎌切 かまきり kamakiri
  • 蟐螂 かまきり kamakiri
  • 螳螂 かまきり kamakiri
  • 螳螂 とうろう tourou
  • 蟷螂 いいぼむしり iibomushiri
  • 蟷螂 いもじり imojiri
  • 蟷螂 とうろう tourou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 35 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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蟷螂の斧

とうろうのおの

courageous but doomed resistance

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)