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Kanji Detail for 穂 - "ear of grain, grain stalk, spike"

穂

  • Meaning

    穂 means "ear of grain, grain stalk, spike."

    1. Ear - The grain-bearing tip of cereal stalks; things shaped like ears.

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    • Verified meaning: ear of grain, grain stalk, spike
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read いなほ, かずほ, すい, ひな)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 穂

    Given names 穂(いなほ)Listen 穂(かずほ)Listen 穂(すい)Listen 穂(ひな)Listen 穂(ほの)Listen 穂(ほのか)Listen 穂(ほのみ)Listen 穂(みずほ)Listen 穂(みのり)Listen 穂(みのる)Listen 穂(めぐみ)Listen

    Surnames 穂(ほさき)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    ear; ear (grain); head; crest (wave)

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    ear of grain; tassel; Guangzhou

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    Japanese variant of 穗[sui4]

  • Onyomi

    tip

    sui(スイ) スイ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    ho(ほ) ほ

  • Strokes

    tip

    15 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    禾 (nogi・nogihen)

  • Related Keywords

    ear of grain grain stalk spike agriculture rice wheat barley cereal crop harvest seed plant husk farming

Sentences including 穂

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