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JLPT N1 kanji · Chapter 49

鎌 kanji: meaning, readings and stroke order

sickle

On: レンren ケンken
Kun: かまkama

Onreadings from Chinese, in katakanaKunJapanese readings, in hiraganaOn’yomi vs Kun’yomi

鎌18 strokes

How to write 鎌: stroke order

鎌 has 18 strokes. Each step adds the next stroke in red, with a dot where it starts. Tap the large character above to watch it written again.

鎌 stroke order diagram with numbered strokes — The stroke order of 鎌 in one diagram: each number marks where its stroke starts.

Kanji stroke order: The 10 rules, with animated examples

Stroke order data: KanjiVG by Ulrich Apel and contributors (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Parts of 鎌

The parts 鎌 is built from, each highlighted where it sits. Parts that are kanji themselves link to their own page.

金
money; gold
Radical
兼
combine; serve as

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JLPT N1 kanji · Chapter 49

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