Chinese symbol for “scythe”
钐刀
shàn dāo
Traditional: 釤刀
scythe
The closest CC-CEDICT match for scythe is 钐刀 (shàn dāo), defined as: scythe.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “scythe”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 钐刀.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 钐镰 (釤鐮) | shàn lián | scythe |
| 刀子 | dāo zi | knife; measure word: 把 (bǎ) |
| 剪刀 | jiǎn dāo | scissors; measure word: 把 (bǎ) |
| 刀剑 (刀劍) | dāo jiàn | sword |
| 开刀 (開刀) | kāi dāo | (of a surgeon) to perform an operation; (of a patient) to have an operation |
| 刺刀 | cì dāo | bayonet |
| 持刀 | chí dāo | to hold a knife; knife-wielding |
See also: Japanese symbol for “scythe”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.