镰
(bound form) sickle
18 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,761 U+9570
How 镰 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
钅 (semantic, “metal”) + 廉 (phonetic, lián)
How to remember it
sickle · Heisig RSH #2221
metal + 廉 inexpensive
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 廉
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 廉 (lián) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 廉 sound component | lián | upright, honorable, honest |
| 濂 | lián | a waterfall; a river in Hunan |
| 蠊 | lián | cockroach |
| 臁 | lián | leg, calf |
Words containing 镰
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 镰状红血球贫血症 | lián zhuàng hóng xuè qiú pín xuè zhèng | sickle-cell anemia |
| 镰状细胞血症 | lián zhuàng xì bāo xuè zhèng | sickle cell anemia |
| 镰刀细胞贫血 | lián dāo xì bāo pín xuè | sickle cell anemia |
| 镰翅鸡 | lián chì jī | (bird species of China) Siberian grouse (Falcipennis falcipennis) |
| 长柄镰刀 | cháng bǐng lián dāo | scythe |
| 开镰 | kāi lián | to start the harvest |
| 镰刀斧头 | lián dāo fǔ tóu | the hammer and sickle (flag of USSR, symbolizing rural and proletarian labor) |
| 镰仓幕府 | Lián cāng mù fǔ | Kamakura shogunate 1192-1333 |
| 镰刀 | lián dāo | sickle |
| 挂镰 | guà lián | to complete the year's harvest |
| 镰仓 | Lián cāng | Kamakura (city in Japan) |
| 钐镰 | shàn lián | scythe |