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螂

Reading

Kana: ロウ
Romaji: rou
Kana
Romaji

Meaning

mantis

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  16
Radical Number:  142
Frequency: 
Grade: 
Skip Pattern:  1-6-10
Korean Reading:  rang
Chinese Reading:  lang2
Unicode:  8782
JIS:  6A27

Indexes

Nelson Index: 4160
New Nelson Index: 5348
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 6d9.1
Four Corner Index: 5712.7
Daikanwanjiten Index: 33362
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 10.0068

Words

螳螂 (かまきり、とうろう、いもじり、いいぼむしり、カマキリ)
praying mantis (esp. the narrow-winged mantis, Tenodera angustipennis)
螳螂拳 (とうろうけん)
praying mantis style
蟷螂の斧 (とうろうのおの)
courageous but doomed resistance
朝鮮蟷螂 (ちょうせんかまきり)
narrow-winged mantis
擬螳螂 (かまきりもどき、カマキリモドキ)
mantidfly (any insect of the family Mantispidae)
水蟷螂 (みずかまきり)
water stick; water scorpion
腹広蟷螂 (はらびろかまきり、ハラビロカマキリ)
Indo-Pacific mantis (Hierodula patellifera)
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