禾穂

Japanese
Kanji in this term
禾 穂
か
Jinmeiyō		 すい
Grade: S
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
禾穗 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Middle Chinese 禾穗 (MC hwa zwijH).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) かすい [kàsúí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ka̠sɨᵝi]

Noun

禾(か)穂(すい) • (kasui) ←くわすい (kwasui)?

  1. ear of a grain crop

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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