18 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 11th grade
JLPT exam level N1

sickle, scythe, trick

Kun'yomi
  • sickle ②leading question ③sickle-and-chain (weapon) ④spear with curved cross-blades
On'yomi
  • レン
  • ケン
Nanori
  • かた
  • かね

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

かま 100.0%

Character Breakdown

sickle, scythe, trick
かま レン ケン (11th, N1)
gold
キン きむ かね (1st, N5)
whole, entire, all
ゼン すべ.て まった.く (3rd, N3)
person
ひと ニン ジン (1st, N5)
king, rule, magnate
オウ -ノウ おお (1st, N3)
to divide
concurrently, and, beforehand
ケン か.ねる かね (7th, N1)
grass, straw, herbs
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
snout, hand
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン シ ジョ
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)

Common Words

sickle ②leading question ③sickle-and-chain (weapon) ④spear with curved cross-blades
Kamakura (city)
sickle and chain (weapon)
legs bowed in
cut in the skin caused by a vacuum formed by a whirlwind ②mythical weasel-like creatures riding on whirlwinds and inflicting sharp, painless wounds
Kamakura period (1185-1333)
Kamakura shogunate (1185-1333)
sickle-shaped neck (e.g. snake, praying mantis)
sharp sickle
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References

Unicode hex code 938C
JIS X 0208 1-19-89
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 4902
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 6326
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 1760
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 2212
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 1155
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 1572
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 1599
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 1725
Gakken A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage 1277
O'Neill, P.G. Japanese Names 2750
O'Neill, P.G. Essential Kanji 1996
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 40693X
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 2257
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 1130
Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete 1613
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 8a10.8
Four corner code 8813.7
De Roo Code 2864