Chinese symbol for “sickle”
镰刀
lián dāo
Traditional: 鐮刀
sickle
The closest CC-CEDICT match for sickle is 镰刀 (lián dāo), defined as: sickle.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “sickle”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 镰刀.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 开镰 (開鐮) | kāi lián | to start the harvest |
| 挂镰 (掛鐮) | guà lián | to complete the year's harvest |
| 钐镰 (釤鐮) | shàn lián | scythe |
| 镰刀斧头 (鐮刀斧頭) | lián dāo fǔ tóu | the hammer and sickle (flag of USSR, symbolizing rural and proletarian labor) |
| 镰翅鸡 (鐮翅雞) | lián chì jī | (bird species of China) Siberian grouse (Falcipennis falcipennis) |
| 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “sickle”.
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.