Moto 穂: Ear; Ear (grain); HeadKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- スイ
- Kun'yomi
- ほ
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 46 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (スイ)
- 出穂しゅっすいappearance of ears of grain
- 出穂期しゅっすいきsprouting season (of ears of grain)
- 穂状すいじょうshaped like an ear of grain
- 穂状花序すいじょうかじょspike (inflorescence)
- 総穂花序そうすいかじょracemose inflorescence (any indeterminate simple inflorescence)
- 肉穂花序にくすいかじょspadix (inflorescence)
- 花穂かすいspike
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 穂ほear (of plant); head (of plant)
- 稲穂いなほear (head) of rice
- 刈り穂かりほharvested grain; harvested rice ears
- 初穂はつほfirst ears of rice of the season; first crops of the season
- 初穂料はつほりょうceremony fee; money dedicated to the gods when participating in a ceremony
- 垂り穂たりほdrooping ears (of grain)
- 接ぎ穂つぎほscion; cion
- 槍の穂先やりのほさきspearhead
- 瑞穂の国みずほのくにJapan, the Land of Abundant Rice
- 穂並ほなみrows of grain thrusting upright
- 穂先ほさきear (e.g. of wheat)
- 穂咲の総藻ほざきのふさもEurasian water milfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum)
- 穂木ほぎtwig used in grafting; budwood
- 穂波ほなみwaving heads (of grain)
- 穂紫蘇ほじそinflorescence of shiso (used as a sashimi garnish)
- 穂絮ほわたcattail cotton; cattail fluff
- 穂綿ほわたcattail cotton; cattail fluff
- 穂長犬莧ほながいぬびゆslender amaranth (Amaranthus viridis); green amaranth
- 継ぎ穂つぎほscion; cion
- 落ち武者は薄の穂に怖ずおちむしゃはすすきのほにおずwhen you are in a state of fear, the smallest thing will startle you; a fleeing soldier takes fright even from a head of silver grass
- 落ち穂おちぼfallen ears (of grain); gleanings
- 落ち穂拾いおちぼひろいgleaning (i.e. picking up crop left after harvesting)
- 蔓穂つるぼScilla scilloides (species of squill)
- 話の穂をつぐはなしのほをつぐto pick up the thread of a story; to resume a conversation
- 話の穂を継ぐはなしのほをつぐto pick up the thread of a story; to resume a conversation
- 高千穂蛇たかちほへびJapanese odd-scaled snake (Achalinus spinalis); Peters' odd-scaled snake
- 黒穂くろほsmut
- 黒穂病くろほびょうsmut
- 黒穂菌くろぼきんsmut fungus (Microbotryum violaceum)
Other readings
- 刈穂かりほharvested grain; harvested rice ears
- 接穂つぎほscion; cion
- 穂咲下野ほざきしもつけSpiraea salicifolia (species of spirea)
- 穂羊歯ほしだThelypteris acuminata (species of fern)
- 空穂うつぼquiver (of arrows; cylindrical)
- 継穂つぎほscion; cion
- 落穂おちぼfallen ears (of grain); gleanings
- 落穂拾いおちぼひろいgleaning (i.e. picking up crop left after harvesting)
- 豊葦原の瑞穂の国とよあしはらのみずほのくにJapan
- 豊葦原瑞穂国とよあしはらのみずほのくにJapan
Kanji that often appear with 穂
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