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Definition 2024


Translingual

Han character

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

  1. mantis

References

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

Chinese

simp. and trad.

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*taːŋ, *taːŋs
*taːŋ
*taːŋ, *sʰraːŋ
*taːŋ
*taːŋ
*taːŋ, *taːŋs
*taːŋ, *taːŋs
*taːŋ
*taːŋʔ, *taːŋs
*taːŋʔ, *tʰaːŋʔ
*taːŋʔ
*taːŋʔ
*taːŋs
*taːŋs
*taːŋs
*tʰaːŋ
*tʰaːŋ, *daːŋ
*tʰaːŋ
*tʰaːŋʔ
*tʰaːŋʔ, *tʰaːŋs
*tʰaːŋʔ
*tʰaːŋʔ
*tʰaːŋʔ
*hl'aːŋʔ, *ɦʷlaːŋʔ, *ɦʷlaːŋs
*tʰaːŋʔ
*tʰaːŋʔ
*tʰaːŋʔ
*tʰaːŋs, *rtaːŋ, *rtaːŋs
*daːŋ
*daːŋ
*daːŋ
*daːŋ
*daːŋ
*daːŋ
*daːŋ
*tjaŋʔ
*tʰjaŋʔ, *tʰjaŋs
*tʰjaŋʔ
*tʰjaŋʔ
*tʰjaŋʔ
*djaŋ
*djaŋ
*djaŋ
*djaŋ
*djaŋ, *djaŋs
*djaŋ
*djaŋ
*djaŋ
*djaŋ, *djaŋs
*hjaŋʔ
*rtʰaːŋ
*rtʰaːŋ
*rtʰaːŋ
*rtʰaːŋ
*rtʰaːŋs
*tʰoŋʔ

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (5)
Final () (101)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie
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
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 11111
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*taːŋ/

Definitions

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Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. mantis

Readings

Compounds


Korean

Hanja

(dang) (hangeul , revised dang, McCune-Reischauer tang, Yale tang)

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