Kanji
穂
N1
15 strokes
Grade 8
freq #1656
ear, ear (grain), head, crest (wave)
On'yomi (音読み)
スイ
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
ほ
On'yomi compounds (音読み)
穂
ほ
ear (of a cereal plant); head
稲穂
いなほ
ear (head) of rice
豊葦原瑞穂国
とよあしはらのみずほのくに
Land of Abundant Reed Plains and Rice Fields; Japan
高千穂大学
たかちほだいがく
Takachiho University
蔓穂
つるぼ
Scilla scilloides (species of squill)
黒穂菌
くろぼきん
smut fungus (Microbotryum violaceum)
初穂料
はつほりょう
ceremony fee; money dedicated to the gods when participating in a ceremony
高千穂蛇
たかちほへび
Japanese odd-scaled snake (Achalinus spinalis); Peters' odd-scaled snake
穂羊歯
ほしだ
Thelypteris acuminata (species of fern)
穂長犬莧
ほながいぬびゆ
slender amaranth (Amaranthus viridis); green amaranth
Kun'yomi words (訓読み)
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
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
実るほど頭の下がる稲穂かな
みのるほどあたまのさがるいなほかな
the more learned, the more humble; the boughs bearing the most hang lowest
実るほど頭を垂れる稲穂かな
みのるほどあたまをたれるいなほかな
the more learned, the more humble; the boughs bearing the most hang lowest