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Kanji for Ear of rice
The kanji for “ear of rice” is 穂, read sui and written in 15 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
ear of rice
A ripe ear of rice, a symbol of abundance.
In autumn, bundles of golden rice ears (Inaho) are offered to deities in gratitude for abundant harvests.
15 strokes On reading スイ (sui) Kun reading ほ (ho) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: ear, ear (grain), head, crest (wave)
Readings used for names on Nazuke: o, sui, ho
In Japan it appears in about 1,261 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
Names written with 穂: Jose 穂世 · Fawn 穂 · Hope 穂風 · Jhon 穂 · Lebo 玲衣穂 · Olga 穂瑠夏 · Omer 穂芽瑠 · Otto 穂灯 · Chong 千穂久 · Devon 天穂 · Fonda 穂太 · Homer 穂舞 and 90 more
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