Entry
  1. Noun

    tip of an ear (of wheat, etc.)

  2. tip (of a brush, spear, etc.); point; spearhead

Also written 鋒先【ほさき】

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

ear, ear (grain), head, crest (wave)

Kun
On
スイ
Strokes
15
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1656 of 2500
Radical
grain
WaniKani
Level 46

Built from

Used in names as

こうのりほい

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
1-5-10SKIP code
5d10.2The Kanji Dictionary
2593.6Four corner code
2258deroo
7a42Unicode hex code
1-42-70JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3300Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4168New Nelson (John Haig)
1232New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1575Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
833Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1139Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
909Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
975Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1485A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2308Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1637Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
25236PMorohashi
1460A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1221Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1284Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1592Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1786Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1856Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1446Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
918Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
sui4Pinyin reading
suKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
46WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

before, ahead, previous, future, precedence

Kun
さきま.ず
On
セン
Strokes
6
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N5
Frequency
173 of 2500
Radical
legs
WaniKani
Level 4

Built from

Used in names as

ぽん

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
2-4-2SKIP code
3b3.7The Kanji Dictionary
2421.1Four corner code
2457deroo
5148Unicode hex code
1-32-72JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
571Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
350New Nelson (John Haig)
2394New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3046Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1552Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2123Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
248Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
263Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
201A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
280Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
65Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1349Morohashi
49A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
50Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
50Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
33sakade
16Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
43henshall3
54Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
115crowley
48Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.18busy_people
145Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
254Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
xian1Pinyin reading
seonKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
4WaniKani level