鎌

Information about character(s)

Radical: 金
Radical Strokes: 8
Additional Strokes: 10
Total Strokes: 18
Variants: 鐮

Pronunciation

Pinyin: lián
Cantonese: lim4
JapaneseKun: KAMA
JapaneseOn: REN
Korean: KYEM
Vietnamese: gươm

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: sickle

CE-Dict: variant of 鐮|镰, scythe/sickle

Soothill: A sickle. 鎌子.

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《金部》鎌鍥也。从金兼聲。

康熙字典文字版 【戌集上】【金字部】鎌
【廣韻】力鹽切【集韻】【韻會】離鹽切，𠀤音廉。【說文】鍥也。【揚子·方言】刈鉤，自關而西或謂之鎌。【釋名】鎌，廉也，體廉薄也。其所刈稍稍取之。又似廉者也。【鮑照·東武吟】腰鎌刈葵藿。【韓愈·寄張十八助敎詩】晴雲如擘絮，新月似磨鐮。　又【揚子·方言】凡箭鏃，胡合嬴者四鐮。或曰拘膓。【註】四鐮，廣稜也。　又【揚子·方言】東齊，僞物謂之冉鎌。　【集韻】或作鐮。

Han-De-Dict: abmähen, Hippe (u.E.) (S)