hammer and sickle

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• /ˈhæ.mə.rən(d)ˌsɪ.kəl/
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• Canada, US: /ˈhæm.ɚ‿n̩‿sɪkl̩/
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The symbol was developed by Yevgeny Kamzolkin in 1917, based on antetypes like hammer and pick (symbol of mining). The hammer represents workers, while the sickle represents farmers.

76 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Southern Altai: оргок то маска (orgok to maska) — symbol of communism
• Arabic: اَلْمِطْرَقَة وَالْمِنْجَل (al-miṭraqa wa-l-minjal) — symbol of communism
• Armenian: մուրճ եւ մանգաղ (murč ew mangaġ) — symbol of communism
• Azerbaijani: oraq və çəkic — symbol of communism
• Bashkir: ураҡ һәм сүкеш (uraq həm sükeş) — symbol of communism
• Basque: igitaia eta mailua — symbol of communism
• Belarusian: серп і мо́лат (sjerp i mólat) — symbol of communism
• Bulgarian: сърп и чук (sǎrp i čuk) — symbol of communism
• Catalan: falç i martell — symbol of communism
• Chinese Mandarin: 錘子與鐮刀 /锤子与镰刀 (chuízi yǔ liándāo) — symbol of communism
• Chuvash: ҫурлапа мӑлатук (śurlap̬a mălat̬uk) — symbol of communism
• Czech: srp a kladivo — symbol of communism
• Danish: hammer og segl — symbol of communism
• Dutch: hamer en sikkel — symbol of communism
• Dzongkha: ཟོརཝ་དང་ཐོཝ (zor.w dang thow) — symbol of communism
• Esperanto: rikoltilo kaj martelo — symbol of communism
• Estonian: sirp ja vasar — symbol of communism
• Finnish: sirppi ja vasara — symbol of communism
• French: la faucille et le marteau — symbol of communism
• French: faucille et marteau — symbol of communism
• French: faumar — symbol of communism
• Georgian: ნამგალი და ურო (namgali da uro) — symbol of communism
• German: Hammer und Sichel — symbol of communism
• Greek: σφυροδρέπανο (sfyrodrépano) — symbol of communism
• Hebrew: פטיש ומגל (patísh ve-magal) — symbol of communism
• Hindi: हथौड़ा और हँसिया (hathauṛā aur hãsiyā) — symbol of communism
• Hungarian: sarló és kalapács — symbol of communism
• Hungarian: sarló-kalapács — symbol of communism
• Icelandic: hamar og sigð — symbol of communism
• Indonesian: palu arit — symbol of communism
• Irish: casúr agus corrán — symbol of communism
• Italian: falce e martello — symbol of communism
• Japanese: 鎌と槌 (kama to tsuchi) — symbol of communism
• Japanese: 鎌とハンマー (kama to hanmā) — symbol of communism
• Kazakh: орақ пен балға (oraq pen balğa) — symbol of communism
• Khmer: ញញួរ កណ្ដៀវ (ɲɔɲuə kɑndiev) — symbol of communism
• Khmer: ញញួរនិងកណ្ដៀវ (ɲɔɲuə nɨŋ kɑndiev) — symbol of communism
• Korean: 낫과 망치 (natgwa mangchi) — symbol of communism
• Kumyk: оракъ ва чёкюч (oraq wa çöküç) — symbol of communism
• Central Kurdish: چەکوچ و داس (çekuç û das) — symbol of communism
• Kyrgyz: орок менен балка (orok menen balka) — symbol of communism
• Latvian: sirpis un āmurs — symbol of communism
• Lithuanian: kūjis ir pjautuvas — symbol of communism
• Macedonian: срп и че́кан (srp i čékan) — symbol of communism
• Malay: tukul dan sabit — symbol of communism
• Mongolian: алх хадуур (alx xaduur) — symbol of communism
• Nogai: орак пан шоькиш (orak pan şökiş) — symbol of communism
• Norwegian Bokmål: hammer och sigd — symbol of communism
• Norwegian Nynorsk: hammar och sigd — symbol of communism
• Persian: داس و چکش (dâs-o-čakoš) — symbol of communism
• Polish: sierp i młot — symbol of communism
• Portuguese: foice e martelo — symbol of communism
• Romanian: secera și ciocanul — symbol of communism
• Romanian: сечера ши чиоканул (secera și ciocanul) — symbol of communism
• Russian: серп и мо́лот (serp i mólot) — symbol of communism
• Serbo-Croatian: срп и чекић — symbol of communism
• Serbo-Croatian: srp i čekić — symbol of communism
• Slovak: kosak a kladivo — symbol of communism
• Slovene: srp in kladivo — symbol of communism
• Spanish: hoz y martillo — symbol of communism
• Swahili: nyundo na mundu — symbol of communism
• Swedish: hammaren och skäran — symbol of communism
• Tajik: дос ва болға (dos va bolġa) — symbol of communism
• Tatar: урак һәм чүкеч (uraq häm çükeç) — symbol of communism
• Telugu: సుత్తి మరియు కొడవలి (sutti mariyu koḍavali) — symbol of communism
• Thai: ค้อนเคียว (kɔ́ɔn-kiao) — symbol of communism
• Turkish: orak-çekiç — symbol of communism
• Turkish: orak ve çekiç — symbol of communism
• Turkmen: orak ve çekiç — symbol of communism
• Ukrainian: серп і мо́лот (serp i mólot) — symbol of communism
• Uyghur: ئورغاق ۋە بولقا (orghaq we bolqa) — symbol of communism
• Uzbek: oʻroq va bolgʻa — symbol of communism
• Uzbek: ўроқ ва болға (oʻroq va bolgʻa) — symbol of communism
• Vietnamese: búa và liềm — symbol of communism
• Welsh: morthwyl a chryman — symbol of communism
• Yakut: сиэрпэ уонна өтүйэ (sierpe uonna ötüye) — symbol of communism