螳

17 strokes

Kentei exam level 1

mantis

On'yomi

トウ

Main Radical

虫(KanXi)

Character Breakdown

mantis

トウ (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)

public chamber, hall

ドウ (4th, N4)

esteem, furthermore, still

ショウ　なお　たか (9th, N1)

desert, border prairie, the 1st form is radical 13

キョウ　ケイ　まきがまえ

upside-down box radical (no. 13)

キョウ　ケイ (Kentei 1)

soil, earth, ground

ド　つち　は (1st, N5)

Common Words

と	う
螳

ろ	う
螂

け	ん
拳

praying mantis style

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References

Unicode hex code	87B3
JIS X 0208	1-74-16
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson	4177
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary	5372
Morohashi Daikanwajiten	33503
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code	6d13.3
Four corner code	5911.4