漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
鎌: sickle, scythe
Also: trick
JLPT N118 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
金 carries the meaning · 兼 is drawn in
18 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
かまkama · kun'yomi · on its own
- 鎌かまsickle
- 鎌倉かまくらKamakura (city)
- 鎌首かまくびsickle-shaped neck (e.g. snake, praying…
Also read レン, ケン, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Dig deep for treasure! This radical represents the metals that form the backbone of our technology and the "gold" that has served as a global standard of value for centuries.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
兼
Also built on concurrently (兼)
Also read レン
7 kanji share this on'yomiEasy to confuse
The difference, side by side鎌 sickle · 金
vs謙 self-effacing · 言In ChineseSimplified 镰 · traditional, as in Japanese · lián
Japan keeps the traditional form 鎌; mainland China simplifies it to 镰.
- Simplified
- 镰 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 鎌 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin lián most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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