穂 – ear, ear (grain), head

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The kanji 穂 means ear, ear (grain), head, crest (wave). Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is スイ (sui); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ほ (ho). It is written with 15 strokes, under radical 禾 (no. 115).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	スイ	sui
Kun’yomi	ほ	ho

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 禾 (Kangxi radical 115). Components: 禾・十・心・田.

Words using 穂

穂ほear (of a cereal plant)

Kanji with the same radical

私税移種程科積秋秀秘称秒稲稼秩稿

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