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Stroke order matters in Chinese: it keeps the character balanced, and it is how dictionaries and handwriting input methods expect a character to be written.
蟒 is a phono-semantic compound: 虫 (insect) carries the meaning, while 莽 indicates the sound.
Radical: 虫 + 11 more strokes
mǎng蟒
měng蟒

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Open the tool →蟒 (mǎng) means “A large, non-venomous snake, up to six meters long, often found in forests near water, preying on small birds and animals; also known as a python or boa constrictor” in Chinese.
蟒 has 2 pronunciations: mǎng, měng.
蟒 has 16 strokes.
蟒 is written in 16 strokes, starting from the radical 虫. See the animated stroke order on this page.
The radical of 蟒 is 虫, and 蟒 is a phono-semantic compound.