This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: レン、ケン、かま
Romaji: ren, ken, kama
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Romaji

Name Readings

Kana: かた、かね
Romaji: kata, kane
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Romaji

Meanings

sickle, scythe, trick

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  18
Radical Number:  167
Frequency:  1587
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  1-8-10
Korean Reading:  gyeom
Chinese Reading:  lian2
Unicode:  938c
JIS:  3379

Indexes

Halpern Index: 1760
Nelson Index: 4902
New Nelson Index: 6326
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 8a10.8
Four Corner Index: 8813.7
Gakken Index: 1277
Japanese Names Index: 2750
Daikanwanjiten Index: 40693X
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 11.0605
Remembering the kanji Index: 1599
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 1155
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 1572
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1613
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1725
Essential Kanji Index: 1996
Kodansha Kanji Index: 2212
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 2864

Words

(かま)
sickle; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; noisiness; part of a fish around the gills
カマアシムシ目 (カマアシムシもく、かまあしむしもく)
Protura (order of wingless insects)
鎌倉彫り (かまくらぼり)
carvings of the Kamakura style
鎌槍 (かまやり)
spear with curved cross-blades
鎌入れ (かまいれ)
harvesting
いざ鎌倉 (いざかまくら)
case that something major happens; event of an emergency; when it comes to the crunch
鎌倉新仏教 (かまくらしんぶっきょう)
new schools of Japanese Buddhism founded during the Kamakura period
鎌倉幕府 (かまくらばくふ)
Kamakura shogunate (1185-1333 CE)
鎌足 (かまあし)
legs bowed in; sitting with heels spread apart
鎌柄 (かまつか、カマツカ)
sickle handle; goby minnow (Pseudogobio esocinus); Oriental photinia (species of shrub, Photinia villosa); Asiatic dayflower (Commelina communis); Joseph's-coat (species of amaranth, Amaranthus tricolor)
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