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鎌 = 金 + 兼
鎌 is a Japanese kanji written with 18 strokes, listed here under the keyword “sickle”. It is built from 金 (gold) and 兼 (concurrently). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1725.
- Keyword
- sickle
- RTK frame
- 1725
- Strokes
- 18
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- レン, ケン
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- かま
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- серп
- Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
- 鎌 sickle
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 鎌 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “gold” + “concurrently”. 鎌 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 鎌 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.