Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 鎌

鎌

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Meaning

 sickle, reaping hook

Pronunciation
kama

Explanation

 Left: metal/gold 金, right: combine, concurrently 兼 (A hand ナ/ヨ holds two rice plants 禾 concurrently.)

Mnemonic

(For havesting) You need this metal when grasping two rice plants in your hand: A sickle.

Radicals

金 gold, metal(This radical is always on the left side of a character.)
兼 concurrently, combine(A hand holding two rice plants 禾 concurrently.)
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Vocabulary

鎌倉 かまくら Kamakura (city close to Tokyo)

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