鐮  lián OC: ɡ-rem MC: liɛm 2 Attributions

The current word for a sickle is lián 鐮／鎌.

Syntactic words
• nsickle; round knife to cut firewood with2 Attributions

鐮  lián OC: ɡ-rem MC: liɛm 2 Attributions

The current word for a sickle is lián 鐮／鎌.

Word relations
• Assoc: 刀/KNIFE General word for a knife is dāo 刀. Knives were usually made of bronze, since the Warring States period of iron, and had many functions; they could be used as a weapon (already from the Shang period), to cut meal - particularly meat - or as a butcherer's knife, and to engrave or smooth something. According to the purpose, their shape and size also varied. WANG suggests that dāo 刀 refers only to the knives with a concave blade, which can be conveniently used to cut something, whereas these with the convex blade were primarily used for curving and smoothing, and were called xiao 削; but it seems improbable. Knives with the concave blade are known which for their large size can be used only like a weapon or to cut something; it should be further noted that the knife-shaped coins of the Warring States period, which have the concave blade, are called dāo 刀, and that even small concave knives used in Han times to smooth bamboo books are often referred to as shū dāo 書 刀. 1 Attribution

Syntactic words
• nsickle See 鎌2 Attributions

鉤  gōu OC: koo MC: ku 1 Attribution

Gōu 鉤 is a kind of hook-shaped sickle

Syntactic words
• na kind of sickle1 Attribution

銍  zhì OC: k-liɡ MC: ʈit 1 Attribution

Zhì 銍 is a kind of hoe used not for weedig but for harvesting.

Syntactic words
• n(often saw-toothed) reaping hook or hoe used to cut off the ears of grain in the process of harvesting1 Attribution

刈  yì OC: ŋads MC: ŋi̯ɐi 0 Attributions

Yì 刈"reaping sickle" is post-Han.

Syntactic words
• nSong dynasty. Bai Juyi: kind of reaping sickle0 Attributions

鈸  bó OC: bood MC: bʷɑt 0 Attributions

Bá 鈸 is a sickle with a long handle.

Syntactic words
• nsickle with a long handle current in Han times (see illustrations)0 Attributions