Kanji

穂

穂

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

Kanji

Grade

Grade 8

Strokes

15 strokes

Radical

禾部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

スイ

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

ほ

Nanori (Name Reading)

お, ひいずる, ひで, ひな, ほ, みのる

Common Readings

スイ, ほ

Example sentences

穂 ほ
秋になると、田んぼの稲が金色の穂をつける。

When autumn comes, the rice plants in the fields bear golden ears.

稲 いね
稲の穂が風に揺れている。

The ears of rice are swaying in the wind.

穂先 ほさき
筆の穂先を整えてから、ゆっくりと文字を書き始めた。

After straightening the tip of the brush, I began to write the characters slowly.

稲穂 いなほ
秋には黄金色の稲穂が風に揺れる

In autumn, golden ears of rice sway in the wind.

収穫 しゅうかく
秋になると、一面に黄金色の稲穂が実り、収穫の時期を迎える。

When autumn comes, the golden rice ears ripen everywhere, and the harvest season arrives.

花穂 かすい
稲の花穂が風に揺れている。

Rice spikes are swaying in the wind.

Example Vocabulary

穂

ほ

ear (of grain); head (of a plant)

穂先

ほさき

tip of a brush; tip of a head of grain; point (of a spear)

槍の穂先

やりのほさき

稲穂

いなほ

ear of rice

瑞穂

みずほ

接ぎ穂

つぎほ

花穂

かすい

flower spike; ear of a flower

穂波

ほなみ

落穂

おちぼ

初穂

はつほ

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