Keyword
head of a plant
Info
FrequencyTop 1300-1400
Type
Jōyō 
?
Shinjitai ?
KankenLevel 3
Heisig975
Old form穗
Readings
ほ
(84%)
すい
(10%)
ぼ
(2%)
こう
(1%)
お
(1%)
Composed of
grain plant
favored
Used in vocabulary (62 in total)
ear (of a cereal plant); head; point (of a brush, spear, etc.); tip; crest (of a wave); scion (in grafting)
tip of an ear (of wheat, etc.); tip (of a brush, spear, etc.); point; spearhead
ear (head) of rice
fresh, young ears of rice; lush ears of rice
ear of wheat
waving heads (of grain)
scion; cion; (horticultural) graft; opportunity to continue a conversation
first ears of rice of the season; first crops of the season; first harvest of the season; offering (to the gods)
fallen ears (of grain); gleanings
gleaning (i.e. picking up crop left after harvesting)
harvested grain; harvested rice ears
scion; cion; (horticultural) graft; opportunity to continue a conversation
gleaning (i.e. picking up crop left after harvesting)
scion; cion; (horticultural) graft; opportunity to continue a conversation
spikelet; spicule; locusta
appearance of ears of grain
ceremony fee; money dedicated to the gods when participating in a ceremony
the more learned, the more humble; the boughs bearing the most hang lowest
twig used in grafting; budwood
scion; cion; (horticultural) graft; opportunity to continue a conversation
fallen ears (of grain); gleanings
the Land of Verdant Rice Plants; the Land of Abundant Rice; Japan
quiver (cylindrical and worn on the back or hip)
cattail cotton; cattail fluff; bulrush down
ear of rice; head of a rice plant; spike
smut fungus (Microbotryum violaceum)
drooping ears (of grain)
shaped like an ear of grain
sprouting season (of ears of grain)
to pick up the thread of a story; to resume a conversation
rows of grain thrusting upright
the Land of Verdant Rice Plants; the Land of Abundant Rice; Japan
Thelypteris acuminata (species of fern)
ear of wheat
harvested grain; harvested rice ears
cattail cotton; cattail fluff; bulrush down
the more learned, the more humble; the boughs bearing the most hang lowest
to pick up the thread of a story; to resume a conversation
Scilla scilloides (species of squill)
inflorescence of shiso (used as a sashimi garnish)
inflorescence of shiso (used as a sashimi garnish)
inflorescence of shiso (used as a sashimi garnish)
smut; bunt; dustbrand
spadix (inflorescence)
racemose inflorescence (any indeterminate simple inflorescence)
Land of Abundant Reed Plains and Rice Fields; Japan
Land of Abundant Reed Plains and Rice Fields; Japan
Land of Abundant Reed Plains and Rice Fields; Japan
Land of Abundant Reed Plains and Rice Fields; Japan
when you are in a state of fear, the smallest thing will startle you; (lit.) a fleeing soldier takes fright even from a head of silver grass
the more learned, the more humble; the boughs bearing the most hang lowest
ear of a cereal plant
Spiraea salicifolia (species of spirea)
Eurasian water milfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum)
Japanese odd-scaled snake (Achalinus spinalis); Peters' odd-scaled snake; grey burrowing snake
slender amaranth (Amaranthus viridis); green amaranth