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穗 Kanji meaning "ear (of grain), head, crest (of wave)"

Jiten frequency #5347Jinmeiyou (variant)Kanken Level 1 / 準1TMW TMW Owner17 strokes

Meanings

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

On'yomi

スイ

Kun'yomi

ほ

Composed of

禾two-branch tree radical (no. 115)radical
惠blessing

Components and stroke order from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Reading usage

穗(ほ)ear (of a cereal plant)#183079穗波(ほなみ)Honami#265936初(はつ)穗(ほ)first ears of rice of the season#338522穴穗(あなほ)Anaho#347292高千穗(たかちほ)Takachiho#348748赤穗(あかほ)Akaho#349396瑞穗(みずほ)Mizuho#377620稲(いね)ノ穗(ほ)Inenoho#468698咲穗(さほ)Saho#468698三穗(みほ)Miho#468698

Most common words using this kanji

穗(ほ)ear (of a cereal plant)#183079穗波(ほなみ)Honami#265936穗(みのる)Minoru#315251初(はつ)穗(ほ)first ears of rice of the season#338522穴穗(あなほ)Anaho#347292高千穗(たかちほ)Takachiho#348748赤穗(あかほ)Akaho#349396穗積(ほずみ)Hozumi#373348瑞穗(みずほ)Mizuho#377620菜穗子(なおこ)Naoko#398255穗高(ほたか)Hotaka#468698穗田(ほだ)Hoda#468698秀穗(ひでほ)Hideho#468698穗苅(ほかり)Hokari#468698穗坪(ほつぼ)Hotsubo#468698朝穗(あさほ)Asaho#468698奈穗子(なほこ)Nahoko#468698穗屋下(ほやした)Hoyashita#468698穗波山(ほなみやま)Honamiyama#468698千穗梨(ちほり)Chihori#468698
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