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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.
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: ho
In Japan it appears in about 1,261 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
Names written with 穂: Whitney 穂生富新 · Fawn 穂 · Hoyt 穂生富 · Jorge 穂瑠笑 · Foster 穂澄楽 · Hobert 穂羽富 · Arnulfo 安南瑠穂 · Alphonse 安瑠穂透 · Clifford 久理穂道 · Fonda 穂舵 · Holly 穂里 · Polly 穂里 and 8 more
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