← Back

鎌

sickle
Stroke count: 18

Readings

On readingレン、ケン
Kun readingかま
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. sickleRtK
    使っている鎌は光る。A sickle that gets used shines.tatoeba
    鎌倉は源氏ゆかりの地です。Kamakura is a place noted in connection with the Genji family.tatoeba
  2. scythe
  3. trick
  1. leading question
  2. trick question
  3. sickle-and-chain (weapon)
  4. spear with curved cross-blades

Synonyms

鎌をかける鎖鎌

Radicals and components

Radical金gold釒variant
Components
How it's built
鎌
  • →
  • →
    • →
    • →
    • →
    • →

Mnemonic (RtK)

ⓘ

metal (金) · gold (金) · concurrently · animal horns · rake

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1725

Compound words

鎌倉かまくら
Kamakura (city)
鎌形かまがた
sickle-shaped
鎌首かまくび
sickle-shaped neck (e.g. snake, praying mantis)
鎌切かまきり
praying mantis (esp. the narrow-winged mantis, Tenodera angustipennis)
鎌足かまあし
legs bowed in
鎌鼬かまいたち
cut in the skin caused by a vacuum formed by a whirlwind
鎖鎌くさりがま
sickle and chain (weapon)
鉈鎌なたがま
billhook
鎌止めかまどめ
cutting grass and trees is prohibited
鎌イタチかまいたち
cut in the skin caused by a vacuum formed by a whirlwind
鎌倉時代かまくらじだい
Kamakura period (1185-1333)
鎌をかけるカマをかける
to trick someone (into confirming or revealing the truth)
大西洋鎌海豚たいせいようかまいるか
Atlantic white-sided dolphin (Lagenorhynchus acutus)
湘南鎌倉医療大学しょうなんかまくらいりょうだいがく
Shonan Kamakura University of Medical Sciences

Additional Examples

鎌倉に住んで１２年になる。
I have lived in Kamakura for twelve years.tatoeba
どの電車に乗れば鎌倉に行きますか。
Which train takes us to Kamakura?tatoeba

Stroke Order

18 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 鎌

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step