穂
穂 — Ear
ear, ear (grain), head, crest (wave)
On’yomiスイ (sui)
Kun’yomiほ (ho)
Stroke order (15 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 穂
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 穂 | ほ ho | ear (of a cereal plant); head; spike |
| 稲穂 | いなほ inaho | ear (head) of rice |
Study notes
穂 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 15 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1656 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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