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    3. 鎌

    鎌

    鎌かま

    sickle

    N1KMT9Freq #1587Daily LifeKanji18 strokes

    Kun'yomi

    かま

    On'yomi

    レンケン

    Nanori

    かたかね

    sicklescythetrick

    金兼

    金
    八
    丨

    Stroke 0 / 18

    Speed1.0x

    鍵鎮釟釡鎰鎭鎹鍖鏤鎹簾釟釡兼鎮鎰鎭鍵鎖録

    Alternative forms of this concept

    釒

    Concepts using this kanji

    鎌

    sickle

    鎌倉

    Kamakura (city)

    大鎌

    scythe

    大脳鎌

    falx cerebri

    鎌倉五山

    the five great Rinzai temples of Kamakura (Kenchō-ji, Engaku-ji, Jufuku-ji, Jōchi-ji, Jōmyō-ji)

    鎌入れ

    harvesting

    鎌倉女子大学

    Kamakura Women's College

    利鎌

    sharp sickle

    鎌倉時代

    Kamakura period (1185-1333)

    鎌状

    sickle-shaped

    鎌首

    sickle-shaped neck (e.g. snake, praying mantis)

    鎌首をもたげる

    to raise one's head (esp. of a snake)

    二丁鎌

    two sickles used in Okinawan Kobudo

    鎌足

    legs bowed in

    鎌形

    sickle-shaped

    鎌状赤血球

    sickle cell

    鎌止め

    cutting grass and trees is prohibited

    鎌倉新仏教

    new schools of Japanese Buddhism founded during the Kamakura period

    鎌倉の戦い

    Battle of Kamakura (Genkō War; 1333)

    鎌宝蔵院流

    Hozoin-ryu (school of sojutsu)

    鎌状赤血球病

    sickle cell anemia (anaemia)

    鎌風

    cut in the skin caused by a vacuum formed by a whirlwind

    鎌倉幕府

    Kamakura shogunate (1185-1333)

    鎌尾根

    arête

    大西洋鎌海豚

    Atlantic white-sided dolphin (Lagenorhynchus acutus)

    鎌倉様

    Kamakura style

    南鎌海豚

    Peale's dolphin (Lagenorhynchus australis)

    鎌状赤血球症

    sickle cell disease

    鎌倉養護学校

    Kamakura Special Needs School (older name style)

    鎌継ぎ

    gooseneck tenon and mortise joint

    草鎌

    grass sickle

    いざ鎌倉

    case that something major happens

    鎌海豚

    Pacific white-sided dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obliquidens)

    鎌状赤血球貧血

    sickle cell anemia (anaemia)

    鎌柄

    pike gudgeon (Pseudogobio esocinus)

    湘南鎌倉医療大学

    Shonan Kamakura University of Medical Sciences

    腹白鎌海豚

    dusky dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obscurus)

    草刈鎌

    grass sickle

    鎌脚虫

    proturan (any wingless insect of order Protura)

    鼻白鎌海豚

    white-beaked dolphin (Lagenorhynchus albirostris)

    鎌倉彫

    Kamakura-style carving

    鎌形赤血球貧血症

    sickle cell anemia (anaemia)

    鎖鎌

    sickle and chain (weapon)

    鎌かけ

    tricking someone (into confirming or revealing the truth)

    鎌をかける

    to trick someone (into confirming or revealing the truth)

    鋸鎌

    toothed sickle

    鎌髭

    sickle-shaped moustache (often worn by servants in the Edo period)

    鎌槍

    spear with curved or straight cross-blades

    鉈鎌

    billhook

    鎌鼬

    cut in the skin caused by a vacuum formed by a whirlwind

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    Used in vocabulary

    • 丨
    • 八
    • 金

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    • 鎌止め
    • 鎌首
    • 鎌倉時代
    • 鎌足
    • 鎌鼬
    • 鎌形
    • 鎌
    • 鎖鎌
    • 鎌入れ
    • 鎌倉彫
    • 鎌をかける
    • 大鎌
    • 鎌槍
    • 鎌倉新仏教
    • 二丁鎌
    • 鎌海豚
    • 鎌宝蔵院流
    • 草刈鎌
    • 草鎌
    • 鋸鎌
    • 鎌継ぎ
    • 鎌状赤血球貧血
    • 鎌倉幕府
    • 鎌倉五山
    • 鎌髭
    • 鉈鎌
    • 鎌柄
    • いざ鎌倉
    • 鎌脚虫
    • 鎌首をもたげる
    • 鎌状赤血球症
    • 鎌形赤血球貧血症
    • 大脳鎌
    • 鎌状
    • 鎌状赤血球病
    • 大西洋鎌海豚
    • 鼻白鎌海豚
    • 南鎌海豚
    • 腹白鎌海豚
    • 鎌尾根
    • 鎌倉
    • 利鎌
    • 鎌倉の戦い
    • 鎌風
    • 鎌倉様
    • 鎌かけ
    • 鎌状赤血球
    • 鎌倉女子大学
    • 鎌倉養護学校
    • 湘南鎌倉医療大学

    Similar concepts

    • 鍵
    • 鎮
    • 釟
    • 釡
    • 鎰
    • 鎭
    • 鎹
    • 鍖
    • 鏤
    • 簾
    • 兼
    • 鎖
    • 録

    Variants

    • 釒

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