蟑 meaning and stroke order
Cockroach
How to write 蟑, stroke by stroke
17 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.
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Meaning of 蟑
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- used in 蟑螂[zhang1 lang2]
How 蟑 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Insect.
虫 gives the meaning and 章 hints at the sound.
Radical: 虫 (insect), shared by 197 characters on this site.
How to remember 蟑
The insect radical 虫 (chóng) on the left tells you it is a bug, and 章 (zhāng) on the right gives the sound. Picture a cockroach crawling across a page of a book chapter, 章, and you have 蟑 (zhāng).
蟑 almost never appears alone. It is used in the word 蟑螂 (zhāngláng), the everyday word for cockroach. Example: 厨房里有一只蟑螂。(Chúfáng li yǒu yì zhī zhāngláng.) There is a cockroach in the kitchen.
Common mistake: Learners sometimes write the right side as 草 or 竟 instead of 章. Remember it is 章, with 立 on top and 早 below, the same part as in 文章 (wénzhāng). Also keep the first tone, zhāng, not zhǎng.
Common words with 蟑
Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | Level |
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| 蟑螂 | zhāngláng | cockroach |
蟑 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Questions about 蟑
How many strokes are in 蟑?
蟑 is written with 17 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 蟑 mean?
蟑 (zhāng) means cockroach. A common word with it is 蟑螂 (zhāngláng), meaning "cockroach".
How do you pronounce 蟑?
蟑 is pronounced zhāng, in the first tone (high and level).
What is the radical of 蟑?
The radical of 蟑 is 虫, which carries the idea of "insect". Dictionaries list 蟑 under this radical.
What measure word is used for 蟑螂?
Use 只 (zhī), as in 一只蟑螂 (yì zhī zhāngláng), one cockroach. This is the common measure word for small animals and insects.
How do you pronounce 蟑螂 naturally?
Say zhāngláng with a first tone then a second tone. In casual northern speech the second syllable can sound lighter, but zhāngláng is the standard form.