穂

See also: 穗

Translingual

Han character

穂 (Kangxi radical 115, 禾+10, 15 strokes, cangjie input 竹木十田心 (HDJWP), four-corner 2593₇, composition ⿰禾恵)

Related characters

• 穗 (Orthodox traditional form)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 858, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25236
• Dae Jaweon: page 1284, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2622, character 3
• Unihan data for U+7A42

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Chinese

Glyph origin

Found in the historical Longkan Shoujian 《(deprecated template usage) 龍龕手鑑》 dictionary compiled in 997 AD.

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 穂 – see 穗 (“ear of grain; tassel; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 穗).

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A02948-001#22

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Japanese

Shinjitai	穂
Kyūjitai	穗

Kanji

穂

(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 穗)

1. ear (of grain)
2. head (of grain)
3. crest (of a wave)

Readings

• Go-on: ずい (zui)^{←ずゐ (zwi, historical)}
• Kan-on: すい (sui, Jōyō)^{←すゐ (swi, historical)}
• Kun: ほ (ho, 穂, Jōyō)

Usage notes

• As in historical on-readings ending in -ゐ, such as "つゐ", "ゆゐ", and "るゐ", most dictionaries do not have "すゐ" and "すゐ" as historical readings for 穂/穗. According to historical data, the on-readings of 穂/穗 are the modern "すい" and "ずい". However, the Dai Kanwa Jiten, has the -ゐ historical on-readings.