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鎌

鎌 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning

sickle, scythe, trick

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • レン
  • ケン
Kun (native)
  • かまJHS
Nanori (used in names)
  • かた
  • かね
Other languages
  • 拼音lian2
  • 한글gyeom
  • Hán-ViệtLiêm

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
18 strokes
Radical
金(かね)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+938C

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰金兼

Words using this kanji

  • 鎌かま（かま）草や稲などを刈るのに使う農具で、内側に湾曲する刃を有して、刈る際に引いて用いるもの。sickle, leading question, trick question, sickle-and-chain (weapon)
  • 鎌倉かまくら神奈川県南東部に位置する古都をさす地名。 1の地名を元にした苗字 → 鎌倉氏Kamakura (city)
  • 鎌首かまくびsickle-shaped neck (e.g. snake, praying mantis), crooked neck, gooseneck
  • 鎌足かまあしlegs bowed in, sitting with heels spread apart
  • 鎌鼬かまいたちcut in the skin caused by a vacuum formed by a whirlwind, mythical weasel-like creatures riding on whirlwinds and inflicting sharp, painless wounds
  • 鎌形かまがたsickle-shaped, falciform
  • 鎌槍かまやりspear with curved or straight cross-blades
  • 鎌髭かまひげsickle-shaped moustache (often worn by servants in the Edo period)
  • 鎌柄かまつかpike gudgeon (Pseudogobio esocinus), Oriental photinia (Photinia villosa), Asiatic dayflower (Commelina communis)
  • 鎌状かまじょうsickle-shaped, falciform
  • 鎌風かまかぜcut in the skin caused by a vacuum formed by a whirlwind, sudden windstorm, gale
  • 鎌止めかまどめcutting grass and trees is prohibited
  • 鎌入れかまいれharvesting
  • 鎌倉彫かまくらぼりKamakura-style carving
  • 鎌海豚かまいるかPacific white-sided dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obliquidens)
  • 鎌継ぎかまつぎgooseneck tenon and mortise joint
  • 鎌脚虫かまあしむしproturan (any wingless insect of order Protura)
  • 鎌尾根かまおねarête, sharp ridge
  • 鎌倉様かまくらようKamakura style
  • 鎌かけカマかけtricking someone (into confirming or revealing the truth)

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-8-10
Four Corner
8813.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
8a10.8
Heisig
1725
Nelson
4902