Memory phrase for the character: 镰

镰

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Meaning sickle, scythe

Pronunciation

lián

Explanation

Left: metal 钅/金, right: cheaply-priced 廉 (here: image of a sickle 广, combine 兼 [A hand holding two rice plants 禾])

Mnemonic
 
Made of metal is the sickle 广, which cuts combined (plant's bundles): The sickle.

Radicals

金 gold, metalThis radical is always on the left side of a character.
广 buildingAt the explanation this radical is understood as building. The Hanzi itself (guǎng) means: extensive, wide, numerous or to spread
兼 double, twiceA hand holds two rice plants 禾.
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 Vocabulary

镰刀 lián dāo  sickle; curved blade to cut grain
开镰 kāi lián  to start the harvest
长柄大镰刀 cháng bǐng dà lián dāo  scythe
长柄大镰刀 cháng bǐng dà lián dāo  

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