Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 镰


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Meaning

sickle, scythe

Pronunciation

lián

Explanation

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

Mnemonic

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

Radicals

gold, metal(This radical is always on the left side of a character.)
广 building(At the explanation this radical is understood as building. The Hanzi itself (guǎng) means: extensive, wide, numerous or to spread)
double, twice(A hand holds two rice plants .)
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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


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