劆

See also: 鐮 and 镰

劆 U+5286, 劆 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5286 ← 劅 [U+5285] CJK Unified Ideographs 劇 → [U+5287]

Translingual

Han character

劆 (Kangxi radical 18, 刀+13, 15 strokes, cangjie input 戈金中弓 (ICLN), four-corner 0220₀, composition ⿰廉刂)

Related characters

• 鐮 (Orthodox traditional form based on Zhengzitong dictionary)
• 镰 (Simplified form of 鐮 in mainland China)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 144, character 31
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2215
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 360, character 1
• Unihan data for U+5286

Chinese

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		劆

Glyph origin

Found in the historical Jiyun 《集韻 (Jíyùn)》 dictionary published during the Song dynasty (1037 AD).

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声) : phonetic 廉 (OC *ɡ·rem) + semantic 刂 (“knife; blade”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lián (lian²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄢˊ

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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/

Definitions

劆

1. to stab lightly

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), C00672

Etymology 2

Glyph origin

Found in the historical Zhengzitong 《正字通 (Zhèngzìtōng)》 dictionary published during the Qing dynasty (1671 AD).

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 劆 – see 鐮 (“sickle”). (This character is the simplified form of 鐮).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A04352-003#37

Japanese

Kanji

劆

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

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