鎌
sickle
Kanji 1980
sickle
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Synopsis
You may not need to talk about sickles, but knowing 鎌 helps you discuss crescent-shaped things; the “hammer and sickle” flag; sickle-wielding weasels; certain weapons; and Kamakura, a city where armies once battled for control of Japan. Kamakura is also associated with a giant Buddha, pigeon-shaped cookies, a painful part of canine history, and a word for “emergency.”
Revision history:
Jan. 2, 2020:
- p. 14: 鎌倉彫: Deleted り at the end of the first instance of that word.
- p. 16: Added a link to the Kanshudo games.
May 17, 2019: Originally published.
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