The kanji 穂: meaning, readings and stroke order

穂

Meaning: ear of grain
On reading: スイ sui
Kun reading: ほ ho
Strokes: 15
Radical: 禾 grain
Level: Level 8 · the last years of junior high
Old form: 穗

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: bông lúa (tuệ)
Japanese: いねやむぎのみがつくところ。
Korean: 이삭 (수)
Chinese: 穗、稻穗 (穗)

Readings, words and example sentences

スイ sui · on reading · less common

出しゅっ穂すい
heading (of rice, when the ears come out)
いねの 出しゅっ穂すいの時期です。
This is the time when the rice plants put out their ears.

ほ ho · kun reading

穂ほ
ear (of grain)
いねの穂ほが重くたれます。
The heavy ears of rice hang down.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.