螂

16 strokes

Kentei exam level 1

mantis

On'yomi

ロウ

Main Radical

虫(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

100.0%

Character Breakdown

mantis

ロウ (Kentei 1)

insect, bug, temper

むし　チュウ　キ (1st, N2)

in, inside, middle

なか　チュウ　うち (1st, N5)

mouth

くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)

number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)

コン　シ　ジョ

rising stroke

dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)

チュ (Kentei 1)

son, counter for sons

ロウ　ろ　リョウ (7th, N1)

good, pleasing, skilled

よ.い　リョウ　ら (4th, N3)

katakana no radical (no. 4)

ヘツ　えい　よう (Kentei 1)

northeast (Oriental zodiac), stopping, good radical (no. 138)

うしとら　コン (Kentei Pre-1)

day, sun, Japan

ひ　にっ　ニチ (1st, N5)

garment, clothes, dressing

イ　ころも　きぬ (4th, N2)

kettle lid radical (no. 8)

トウ (Kentei 1)

garment(衣) variant

Common Words

と	う
蟷

ろ	う
螂


の

お	の
斧

courageous but doomed resistance

と	う
螳

ろ	う
螂

け	ん
拳

praying mantis style

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References

Unicode hex code	8782
JIS X 0208	1-74-7
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson	4160
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary	5348
Morohashi Daikanwajiten	33362
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code	6d9.1
Four corner code	5712.7