蟷

蟷 U+87F7, 蟷 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-87F7 ← 蟶 [U+87F6] CJK Unified Ideographs 蟸 → [U+87F8]

Translingual

Han character

蟷 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 中戈火月田 (LIFBW), four-corner 5916₆, composition ⿰虫當)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1098, character 46
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33665
• Dae Jaweon: page 1563, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2896, character 14
• Unihan data for U+87F7

Chinese

trad.		蟷
simp.		𬠅

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 蟷
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (尚) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
當	*taːŋ, *taːŋs
襠	*taːŋ
鐺	*taːŋ, *sʰraːŋ
簹	*taːŋ
璫	*taːŋ
檔	*taːŋ, *taːŋs
儅	*taːŋ, *taːŋs
蟷	*taːŋ
擋	*taːŋʔ, *taːŋs
黨	*taːŋʔ, *tʰaːŋʔ
讜	*taːŋʔ
欓	*taːŋʔ
譡	*taːŋs
闣	*taːŋs
瓽	*taːŋs
鏜	*tʰaːŋ
闛	*tʰaːŋ, *daːŋ
鼞	*tʰaːŋ
曭	*tʰaːŋʔ
儻	*tʰaːŋʔ, *tʰaːŋs
戃	*tʰaːŋʔ
矘	*tʰaːŋʔ
爣	*tʰaːŋʔ
攩	*hl'aːŋʔ, *ɦʷlaːŋʔ, *ɦʷlaːŋs
淌	*tʰaːŋʔ
倘	*tʰaːŋʔ
躺	*tʰaːŋʔ
趟	*tʰaːŋs, *rtaːŋ, *rtaːŋs
堂	*daːŋ
坣	*daːŋ
棠	*daːŋ
糛	*daːŋ
螳	*daːŋ
隚	*daːŋ
橖	*daːŋ
掌	*tjaŋʔ
廠	*tʰjaŋʔ, *tʰjaŋs
敞	*tʰjaŋʔ
僘	*tʰjaŋʔ
氅	*tʰjaŋʔ
常	*djaŋ
嘗	*djaŋ
裳	*djaŋ
徜	*djaŋ
尚	*djaŋ, *djaŋs
甞	*djaŋ
鋿	*djaŋ
嫦	*djaŋ
償	*djaŋ, *djaŋs
賞	*hjaŋʔ
瞠	*rtʰaːŋ
撐	*rtʰaːŋ
樘	*rtʰaːŋ
橕	*rtʰaːŋ
牚	*rtʰaːŋs
埫	*tʰoŋʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dāng (dang¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dong¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dang
    • Wade–Giles: tang¹
    • Yale: dāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dang
    • Palladius: дан (dan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dong¹
    • Yale: dōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɔːŋ⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tang

Rime
Character	蟷
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	端 (5)
Final (韻)	唐 (101)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	都郎切
Baxter	tang
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tɑŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/tɑŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/tɑŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/taŋ/
Li Rong	/tɑŋ/
Wang Li	/tɑŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/tɑŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	dāng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	dong1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*taːŋ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蟷
Reading #	1/1
No.	11111
Phonetic component	尚
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	當
Old Chinese	/*taːŋ/

Definitions

蟷

1. Used in compounds.

Compounds

• 螲蟷／螲𬠅 (diédàng)
• 蟷蜋／𬠅蜋 (dāngláng)
• 蟷蠰／𬠅蠰

 

Japanese

Kanji

蟷

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. mantis

Readings

• Go-on: とう (tō)^{←たう (tau, historical)}
• Kan-on: とう (tō)^{←たう (tau, historical)}

Compounds

• 蟷螂(かまきり) (kamakiri), 蟷螂(とうろう) (tōrō)
• 蟷螂(とうろう)の斧(おの) (tōrō no ono)

Korean

Hanja

蟷 • (dang) (hangeul 당, revised dang, McCune–Reischauer tang, Yale tang)

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