鐮
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Translingual
Han character
鐮 (Kangxi radical 167, 金+13, 21 strokes, cangjie input 金戈廿金 (CITC), four-corner 80137, composition ⿰釒廉)
Related characters
- 鎌 (Variant traditional form of 鐮. Also the preferred form for the meaning "sickle" in Japanese kanji)
- 䥥 (Variant traditional form of 鐮 in mainland China. Variant form of 鎌 in Taiwan based on Zhengzitong dictionary)
- 镰 (Simplified Chinese)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1323, character 19
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40927
- Dae Jaweon: page 1823, character 8
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4265, character 12
- Unihan data for U+942E
Chinese
| trad. | 鐮 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. | 镰* | |
| 2nd round simp. | 连 | |
| alternative forms | 劆 鎌 䥥 | |
Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (兼) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
| Old Chinese | |
|---|---|
| 譧 | *r'eːms |
| 賺 | *r'eːms |
| 尲 | *kreːm |
| 鹻 | *kreːmʔ |
| 歉 | *kʰreːms, *kʰreːmʔ, *kʰeːmʔ, *kʰeːms |
| 槏 | *kʰreːmʔ |
| 鰜 | *ɡreːm, *keːm |
| 稴 | *ɡreːm, *ɡ·reːm, *ɡ·reːmʔ, *ɡ·reːms, *ɡeːm |
| 豏 | *ɡreːmʔ, *ɡreːms |
| 甉 | *ɡreːmʔ, *ɡraːm |
| 廉 | *ɡ·rem |
| 鎌 | *ɡ·rem |
| 鬑 | *ɡ·rem, *ɡ·reːm |
| 鐮 | *ɡ·rem |
| 簾 | *ɡ·rem |
| 薕 | *ɡ·rem, *ɡ·reːm |
| 蠊 | *ɡ·rem |
| 嬚 | *ɡ·remʔ |
| 溓 | *ɡ·remʔ, *ɡ·reːm, *ɡ·reːmʔ |
| 嵰 | *kʰremʔ |
| 隒 | *ŋɡremʔ |
| 熑 | *ɡ·reːm |
| 濂 | *ɡ·reːm |
| 燫 | *ɡ·reːm |
| 兼 | *keːm, *keːms |
| 縑 | *keːm |
| 鶼 | *keːm |
| 蒹 | *keːm |
| 搛 | *keːm |
| 謙 | *kʰeːm |
| 膁 | *kʰeːmʔ |
| 嗛 | *kʰeːmʔ |
| 慊 | *kʰeːmʔ, *kʰeːb |
| 傔 | *kʰeːms |
| 馦 | *qʰeːm |
| 嫌 | *ɡeːm |
| 鼸 | *ɡeːmʔ |
| 尷 | *kreːm |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɡ·rem): semantic 金 (“gold; metal”) + phonetic 廉 (OC *ɡ·rem).
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-rjam (“sharp”) (Schuessler, 2007).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: lián
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄢˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: lián
- Wade–Giles: lien2
- Yale: lyán
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lian
- Palladius: лянь (ljanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /li̯ɛn³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: lim4
- Yale: lìhm
- Cantonese Pinyin: lim4
- Guangdong Romanization: lim4
- Sinological IPA (key): /liːm²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Southern Min
Note:
- liâm - literary;
- nî - vernacular.
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: niam5 / liêm5
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: niâm / liêm
- Sinological IPA (key): /niam⁵⁵/, /liem⁵⁵/
Note:
- niam5 - Shantou;
- liêm5 - Chaozhou.
- Middle Chinese: ljem
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*ɡ·rem/
Definitions
鐮
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 鐮刀 (“sickle”) [map]
Compounds
References
- Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A04352
- “鐮”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
Japanese
Kanji
鐮
Readings
Vietnamese
Han character
鐮: Hán Việt readings: liêm[1]
鐮: Nôm readings: liềm[1][2], liêm[3], lẹm[3]