Kanji Details:
- 穂
- Frequency:1656
- Kun: ほ
- On: スイ
- Meaning: ear, ear (grain), head, crest (wave)
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Examples:
Word Reading Meaning 穂 ほ ear (of plant), head (of plant); point, tip; scion (in grafting), cion 稲穂 いなほ ear (head) of rice 花穂 かすい spike 刈り穂 かりほ harvested grain, harvested rice ears 刈穂 かりほ harvested grain, harvested rice ears 垂り穂 たりほ drooping ears (of grain) 瑞穂の国 みずほのくに Japan, the Land of Abundant Rice 穂先 ほさき ear (e.g. of wheat); tip (e.g. of brush or spear) 落ち穂拾い おちぼひろい act of picking up crop left after harvesting, name of painting by Millet 黒穂 くろほ, くろぼ smut