钐
samarium (chemistry); to cut with a sickle; large sickle
Closest English meanings
samarium·sickle
The Calligrapher — Lù Jiǎnzhī 陆柬之
Tang calligrapher and nephew of Yu Shinan; his running-script 'Essay on Literature' survives
Tang calligrapher (), master of running script — known for 《文赋》. Tang dynasty
Cultural Story
Wang Zhen's Nongshu of 1313 illustrates the 钐镰, the long-handled sickle swung with both arms to cut a wide swath of grain, a tool that sped the harvest across the Yuan fields. The 钐 was the sweeping blade of the reaper. From that agricultural treatise the character kept the arc of a cutter drawn through standing wheat.
Common words & phrases
- 钐元素 samarium element
- 钐镰 sickle
- 钐铁 samarium-iron
Read the story behind the character
A rare-earth lab catalogs 钐元素 and its 钐铁 magnets for a wind-turbine order, while a farmer still swings a 钐镰 through the riverside grass. The character now labels a specimen and a scythe. The sweeping blade of the old harvest manual has become the name of a metal in a magnet and the tool that clears a meadow in one long stroke.
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