穗
ear of grain; tassel; fringe
17 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,354 U+7A57
How 穗 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
禾 (semantic, “grain”) + 惠 (phonetic, huì)
How to remember it
ear of grain · Heisig RSH #2015
wild rice + 惠 favor
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 惠
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 惠 (huì) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 惠 sound component | huì | favor, benefit, blessing, kindness |
| 蟪 | huì | a kind of cicada; Platypleura |
| 蕙 | huì | a fragrant orchid; Coumarouna odorata |
Words containing 穗
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 金头穗鹛 | jīn tóu suì méi | (bird species of China) golden babbler (Cyanoderma chrysaeum) |
| 红头穗鹛 | hóng tóu suì méi | (bird species of China) rufous-capped babbler (Cyanoderma ruficeps) |
| 黑头穗鹛 | hēi tóu suì méi | (bird species of China) grey-throated babbler (Stachyris nigriceps) |
| 三穗县 | Sān suì Xiàn | Sansui, a county in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture 黔東南苗族侗族自治州|黔东南苗族侗族自治州[… |
| 齐眉穗儿 | qí méi suì r | bangs (hair) |
| 红额穗鹛 | hóng é suì méi | (bird species of China) rufous-fronted babbler (Cyanoderma rufifrons) |
| 斑颈穗鹛 | bān jǐng suì méi | (bird species of China) spot-necked babbler (Stachyris strialata) |
| 三穗 | Sān suì | see 三穗縣|三穗县[San1 sui4 Xian4] |
| 弄岗穗鹛 | Nòng gǎng suì méi | (bird species of China) Nonggang babbler (Stachyris nonggangensis) |
| 果穗 | guǒ suì | ear (of corn or sorghum etc); bunch (of grapes); infructescence |
| 接穗 | jiē suì | scion (branch or bud that is grafted onto rootstock) |
| 麦穗 | mài suì | ear of wheat |
| 谷穗 | gǔ suì | ear of grain; gerbe (used on coats of arms) |
| 黑颏穗鹛 | hēi kē suì méi | (bird species of China) black-chinned babbler (Cyanoderma pyrrhops) |
| 抽穗 | chōu suì | (of cereal crops) to put forth ears; to come into ear |
| 吐穗 | tǔ suì | to have the ears of grain come up |
| 穗饰 | suì shì | tassel |
| 孕穗 | yùn suì | (grain farming) booting (i.e. the swelling of the leaf sheath due to panicle growth) |
| 稻穗 | dào suì | rice ear |
| 穗䳭 | suì jí | (bird species of China) northern wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe) |