螂 (láng): (in insect names) -id (mantis,…

Meanings

厨房里有一只蟑螂。

Chúfáng lǐ yǒu yì zhī zhāngláng.

There is a cockroach in the kitchen.

螳螂捕蝉，黄雀在后。

Tángláng bǔ chán, huángquè zàihòu.

The mantis catches the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind.

usage

螂 is a bound syllable used to name insects: 螳螂 (praying mantis), 蟑螂 (cockroach) and 蜣螂 (dung beetle). It has no meaning on its own.

radical

虫 chóng

insect; worm

The insect radical 虫 on the left marks this as a bug; it appears in nearly all insect names.

phonetic

郎 láng

young man; (a title)

On the right 郎 supplies the sound exactly, with no shift. It is purely the phonetic element.

螂 láng