鐮

See also: 鎌, 䥥, and 镰

鐮 U+942E, 鐮 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-942E ← 鐭 [U+942D] CJK Unified Ideographs 鐯 → [U+942F]

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

  (Pinyin): lián (lian²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lim⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): liâm / nî

  (Teochew, Peng'im): niam⁵ / liêm⁵

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• 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/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: lim⁴
    • Yale: lìhm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lim⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lim⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liːm²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liâm
    • Tâi-lô: liâm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liaam
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /liam²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liam¹³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liam²³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nî
    • Tâi-lô: nî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: nii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /nĩ²⁴/

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.

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• Middle Chinese: ljem

Rime
Character	鐮
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	鹽 (153)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	力鹽切
Baxter	ljem
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/liᴇm/
Pan Wuyun	/liɛm/
Shao Rongfen	/ljæm/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/liam/
Li Rong	/liɛm/
Wang Li	/lĭɛm/
Bernard Karlgren	/li̯ɛm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lián
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lim4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡ·rem/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鐮
Reading #	1/1
No.	6045
Phonetic component	兼
Rime group	談
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	廉
Old Chinese	/*ɡ·rem/

Definitions

鐮

1. sickle

   鐮刀／镰刀  ―  liándāo  ―  sickle

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 鐮刀 (“sickle”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		鐮
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		鐮刀
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	鐮刀
	Taiwan	鐮刀
	Harbin	鐮刀
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	鐮刀
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	鐮
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	鐮
	Wanrong	鐮
	Xi'an	鐮
	Xining	鐮刀
	Xuzhou	鐮刀
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	鐮刀
	Ürümqi	鐮刀
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	鐮刀
	Wuhan	鐮刀, 鐮子
	Guiyang	鐮刀
	Liuzhou	鐮刀
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	鐮刀
	Yangzhou	鐮子, 彎刀, 鐮刀
	Hefei	鐮刀
Cantonese	Guangzhou	鐮刀, 禾鐮
	Hong Kong	鐮刀
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	禾鐮 for reaping rice, 草鐮 for cutting grass
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	禾鐮
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	禾鐮刀 for reaping rice, 鐮刀 for cutting grass
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	禾鐮 for reaping rice, 草鐮 for cutting grass
	Macau	鐮刀
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	牙鐮, 禾鐮
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	禾鐮
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	草鐮
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	牙鐮
	Foshan	鐮刀
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	鐮刀, 草刀
	Foshan (Shunde)	鐮刀
	Foshan (Sanshui)	禾鐮
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	禾鐮
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	鐮刀
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	鐮刀
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	牙鐮
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	禾鐮
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	禾鐮
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	禾鐮
	Taishan	禾鐮
	Kaiping (Chikan)	禾鐮
	Enping (Niujiang)	禾鐮
	Heshan (Yayao)	禾鐮
	Dongguan	牙鐮, 鐮
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	鐮
	Yangjiang	鐮仔, 禾鐮
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	鐮刀
Gan	Nanchang	鐮刀
	Lichuan	鐮刀, 禾鐮
	Pingxiang	鐮子, 禾鐮
Hakka	Meixian	鐮刀, 鐮仔
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	禾鐮
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	鐮 for cutting grass, 禾鐮 for reaping rice
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	禾鐮
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	牙鐮
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	禾鐮 for reaping rice
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	禾鐮 for reaping rice
	Wuhua (Changbu)	禾鐮 for reaping rice
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	禾鐮 for reaping rice
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	草鐮
	Jiexi	禾鐮 for reaping rice
	Luhe	禾鐮仔 for reaping rice
	Yudu	鐮刀, 禾鐮
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	禾鐮, 禾鐮仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	禾鐮, 禾鐮仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	禾鐮
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	禾鐮
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	禾鐮
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	鐮鐵
	Hong Kong	禾鐮 for reaping rice, 鐮刀 for cutting grass
	Senai (Huiyang)	鐮刀
	Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)	伐鐮
	Singkawang	禾鐮
Huizhou	Jixi	鐮刀
Jin	Taiyuan	鐮刀, 鐮, 鐮兒
	Xinzhou	鐮刀
Northern Min	Jian'ou	截仔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	鐮刀, 鐮鍥 toothless, wider blade, 鍥囝
Southern Min	Xiamen	鍥仔, 鍥鐮
	Quanzhou	鍥仔
	Zhangzhou	鍥仔
	Kaohsiung	割草鍥仔
	Yilan	草鍥仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	鐮歷仔
	Taichung	草鍥
	Taichung (Wuqi)	草鍥仔
	Tainan	鍥仔
	Taitung	草鍥仔
	Hsinchu	鐮歷仔
	Penghu (Magong)	鐮
	Chaozhou	鐮刀
	Shantou	鐮
	Shantou (Chenghai)	鐮
	Jieyang	鐮, 鉤鐮, 彎鉤鐮
	Bangkok (Teochew)	鐮刀
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	鐮刀
	Leizhou	鐮鉤 for wheat, 䥛橫 short
	Haikou	鐮刀
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	牙鐮
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	鐮刀, 禾鐮
Wu	Shanghai	鐮刀, 䥛子, 䥛, 橫
	Suzhou	䥛子, 大䥛
	Danyang	鐮刀
	Hangzhou	鐮刀
	Ningbo	鐮刀
	Wenzhou	彎刀, 稻䥛
Xiang	Changsha	鐮刀, 禾鐮子
	Loudi	禾鐮子
	Shuangfeng	茅鐮, 禾鐮子

Compounds

• 打火鐮／打火镰 (dǎhuǒlián)
• 掛鐮／挂镰
• 火鐮／火镰 (huǒlián)
• 鉤鐮槍／钩镰枪
• 鐮倉／镰仓 (Liáncāng)
• 鐮倉幕府／镰仓幕府
• 鐮刀／镰刀 (liándāo)

 

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

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. Alternative form of 鎌 (“sickle”)

Readings

• On (unclassified): れん (ren)
• Kun: かま (kama)

Vietnamese

Han character

鐮: Hán Việt readings: liêm
鐮: Nôm readings: liềm, liêm, lẹm

1. Nôm form of liềm (“sickle”).