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Kanji Detail for 穗 - "ear of grain, spike"

穗

  • Meaning

    穗 means "ear of grain, spike."

    1. Ear of grain - The seed-bearing part.

    2. Spike - A pointed tip; a tassel.

    3. Head - The grain-bearing portion.

  • Tattoo check: 穗

    • Verified meaning: ear of grain, spike
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read みのる)

    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 穗

    Surnames 穗(みのる)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

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

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    ear of grain; tassel; Guangzhou

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    abbr. for Guangzhou 廣州|广州[Guang3 zhou1]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    ear of grain; fringe, tassel; Guangzhou

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    When grain raises its stalk and produces flowers it is called 穗. | Guangzhou city is also called 穗城. Hence abbreviated as 穗.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    sui(スイ) スイ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    ho(ほ) ほ

  • Strokes

    tip

    17 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    禾 (nogi・nogihen)

  • Related Keywords

    ear of grain spike crop harvest kernel seed pointed tip

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