漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
穂: ear, ear (grain)
Also: head, crest (wave)
JLPT N115 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
禾 carries the meaning · 恵 is drawn in
15 strokes
Small seal · Qin Today
Small seal: Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Two readings, and the words that use each
スイsui · on'yomi · in compounds
- 花穂かすいspike
ほho · kun'yomi · on its own
- 穂ほear (of a cereal plant); head; spike
- 稲穂いなほ
Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“The harvest is ready! Imagine a field of golden rice bowing its head in the autumn breeze.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseA Japanese form · Chinese writes 穗 · suì
穂 is a Japanese simplification. Chinese writes 穗 in both simplified and traditional script.
- Simplified
- 穗 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 穗 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin suì most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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