镰
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(bound form) sickle
- Strokes
- 18
- Radical
- 金 +13
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 鐮
- Common rank
- #2,761
- Unicode
- U+9570
Sound it out + + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
sickle · Heisig RSH #2221
metal + 廉 inexpensive
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 镰
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 镰状红血球贫血症 | sickle-cell anemia | |
| 镰状细胞血症 | sickle cell anemia | |
| 镰刀细胞贫血 | sickle cell anemia | |
| 镰翅鸡 | (bird species of China) Siberian grouse (Falcipennis falcipennis) | |
| 长柄镰刀 | scythe | |
| 开镰 | to start the harvest | |
| 镰刀斧头 | the hammer and sickle (flag of USSR, symbolizing rural and proletarian labor) | |
| 镰仓幕府 | Kamakura shogunate 1192-1333 | |
| 镰刀 | sickle | |
| 挂镰 | to complete the year's harvest | |
| 镰仓 | Kamakura (city in Japan) | |
| 钐镰 | scythe |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 廉 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 廉 sound part | upright, honorable, honest | |
| 濂 | a waterfall; a river in Hunan | |
| 蠊 | cockroach | |
| 臁 | leg, calf |