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穂

穂 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 実のつく部分。
  2. ともしび。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

「穗」の略体（「惠」→「恵」の類推）。「穗」については穗#字源の項目を参照。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

ear, ear (grain), head, crest (wave)

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • スイHS
Kun (native)
  • ほJHS
Nanori (used in names)
  • お
  • こう
  • のり
  • ほい
Other languages
  • 拼音sui4
  • 한글su
  • Hán-ViệtBáng
  • Hán-ViệtTuệ

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
15 strokes
Radical
禾(のぎ)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+7A42

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰禾恵

Words using this kanji

  • 穂ほ（ほ）花や実が、茎の先に群集しているもの。ear (of a cereal plant), head, spike, point (of a brush, spear, etc.)
  • 穂先ほさき「ほさき」の漢字表記。tip of an ear (of wheat, etc.), tip (of a brush, spear, etc.), point, spearhead
  • 穂状すいじょう穂のような形状。shaped like an ear of grain
  • 穂波ほなみほなみ 参照waving heads (of grain)
  • 穂並ほなみほなみ 参照rows of grain thrusting upright
  • 穂木ほぎtwig used in grafting, budwood
  • 穂綿ほわたcattail cotton, cattail fluff, bulrush down
  • 穂首ほくびear of rice, head of a rice plant, spike
  • 穂紫蘇ほじそinflorescence of shiso (used as a sashimi garnish)
  • 穂羊歯ほしだThelypteris acuminata (species of fern)
  • 穂状花序すいじょうかじょspike (inflorescence)
  • 穂咲下野ほざきしもつけSpiraea salicifolia (species of spirea)
  • 穂長犬莧ほながいぬびゆslender amaranth (Amaranthus viridis), green amaranth
  • 穂咲の総藻ほざきのふさもEurasian water milfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum)

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-5-10
Four Corner
2593.6
Spahn–Hadamitzky
5d10.2
Heisig
975
Nelson
3300