Chinese Character 鐮 Meanings and components.

Form

鐮

Meaning

鐮 meaning[3] in English

Scythe.

Sickle.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 鐮 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Jin (金) , and old variant of … (廉)

Its radical[1] is: 金 (jin1) which means: Surname Jin, Surname Kim (Korean), Jurchen Jin Dynasty (1115-1234), .金jin1surname Jin

In cangjie it is written with CITC

How to write 鐮

To write鐮lian2scythe you should write a combination of 金jin1surname Jin , 廉lian2old variant … arranged in a 吅 shape:

金 + 廉 = 鐮

鐮 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 鐮 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 鐮, looks as follow:

鐮
Pinyin:lian2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Scythe . Sickle
金
Pinyin:jin1
Meaning[3]: Surname Jin . Surname Kim (Korean) . Jurchen Jin Dynasty (1115-1234)
廉
Pinyin:lian2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Old Variant Of 廉[Lian2]
广
Pinyin:guang3
Meaning[3]: 'House On A Cliff' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 53), Occurring In 店, 序, 底 Etc
兼
Pinyin:jian1 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Double . Twice . Simultaneous . Holding Two Or More (Official) Posts At The Same Time

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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