The kanji 鎌: meaning, readings and stroke order

鎌

Meaning: sickle
On reading: —
Kun reading: かま kama
Strokes: 18
Radical: 金 metal, gold
Level: Level 10 · the last years of senior high

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: cái liềm (liêm)
Japanese: かま。くさをかるどうぐ。
Korean: 낫 (겸)
Chinese: 镰刀 (镰)

Readings, words and example sentences

かま kama · kun reading · less common

鎌かま
sickle
鎌かまで草を刈ります。
I cut the grass with a sickle.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.