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Kanji Detail for 鎌 - "sickle, scythe, kamakura"

鎌

  • Meaning

    鎌 means "sickle, scythe, kamakura."

    1. Sickle - A curved blade for cutting grain.

    2. Scythe - A tool for harvesting crops.

    3. Kamakura - A historic city in Japan.

  • Words using 鎌

    • 鎌倉 かまくら Listen Kamakura (city)

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    • Verified meaning: sickle, scythe, kamakura
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read かま, れん)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 鎌

    Surnames 鎌(かま)Listen 鎌(れん)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    sickle; scythe; trick

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    sickle

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    variant of 鐮|镰[lian2]

  • Onyomi

    tip

    ken(ケン) ケン

    ren(レン) レン

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    kama(かま) かま

  • Strokes

    tip

    18 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    金 (kane・kanehen)

  • Related Keywords

    sickle scythe kamakura agriculture blade crop curved cutting farming field grain grass harvest metal pruning reaping rice sharp tool

Sentences including 鎌

  • Which train takes us to kamakura?

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