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镰

lián

Character Traditional 鐮

What 镰 means

1. bound formsickle

Other readings

镰 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• liánold variant of {镰|lián}
• liánvariant of {镰|lián}

Example sentences

• 锤子与镰刀代表共产主义。
  Chuízi yǔ liándāo dàibiǎo gòngchǎnzhǔyì.
  The hammer and sickle symbolizes communism.
• 在北方的原始部落中，也存在着一种更野蛮的庆祝形式：他们点燃巨大的木柴，以纪念奥丁和托尔，并向祂们献祭人和牲畜。德鲁伊王子随后用金色镰刀从神圣的橡树上割下槲寄生。
  A more barbarous form of these rejoicings took place among the rude peoples of the north where great blocks of wood blazed in honor of Odin and Thor, and sacrifices of men and cattle were made to them. Mistletoe was cut then from the sacred oaks with a golden sickle by the Prince of the Druids.

Words starting with 镰

• 镰刀lián dāosickle
• 镰仓Lián cāngKamakura (city in Japan)
• 镰翅鸡lián chì jī(bird species of China) Siberian grouse (Falcipennis falcipennis)
• 镰仓幕府Lián cāng mù fǔKamakura shogunate 1192-1333
• 镰刀斧头lián dāo fǔ tóuthe hammer and sickle (flag of USSR, symbolizing rural and proletarian labor)
• 镰刀细胞贫血lián dāo xì bāo pín xuèsickle cell anemia
• 镰状细胞血症lián zhuàng xì bāo xuè zhèngsickle cell anemia
• 镰状红血球贫血症lián zhuàng hóng xuè qiú pín xuè zhèngsickle-cell anemia

Words containing 镰

• 挂镰guà liánto complete the year's harvest
• 开镰kāi liánto start the harvest
• 长柄镰刀cháng bǐng lián dāoscythe
• 钐镰shàn liánscythe

Characters built on 廉

These share the phonetic component 廉 (lián), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 濂liánname of a river in Hunan
• 蠊liánused in 蜚蠊

Characters that look like 镰

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 骤zhòusudden; unexpected; abrupt
• 瞻zhānto gaze; to view
• 镭léiradium (chemistry)
• 蹑nièto walk on tiptoe; to walk quietly; to tread (on)
• 糠kānghusk; (of a radish etc) spongy (and therefore unappetising)
• 镫dèngstirrup

Sounds the same

Read lián, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 连to link; to join; to connect
• 联(bound form) to ally oneself with; to unite; to combine; to join…
• 怜to pity
• 帘flag used as a shop sign; variant of 帘
• 廉incorruptible; honest; inexpensive
• 莲lotus
• 濂name of a river in Hunan
• 涟ripple; tearful
• 鲢Hypophthalmichthys moritrix
• 裢pouch hung from belt
• 奁bridal trousseau
• 蠊used in 蜚蠊