| 1460 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1485 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3300 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1637 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1592 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2308 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1221 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1284 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1856 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1446 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1575 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 833 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1139 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 918 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 25236P | Morohashi |
| 1232 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4168 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 909 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 975 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1786 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1656 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 穂状 【スイジョウ】 shaped like an ear of grain
- 穂状花序 【スイジョウカジョ】 spike (inflorescence)
- 花穂 【カスイ】 spike
- 禾穂 【カスイ】 ear of a cereal plant
Kun reading compounds
- 穂 【ほ】 ear (of a cereal plant), head, spike, point (of a brush, spear, etc.), tip, (pointed) head, crest (of a wave), scion (in grafting)
- 穂木 【ほぎ】 twig used in grafting, budwood
- 花穂 【かすい】 spike
- 瑞穂 【みずほ】 fresh, young ears of rice
Readings
- Japanese names:
- お、 こう、 のり、 ほい
- Korean:
- su
Spanish
- espiga
- cresta (ola)
Portuguese
- espiga (grão)
- penacho (planta)
- crista (onda)
French
- épi
- pointe
- crête (vague)
| 2258 | 2001 Kanji |
| 5d10.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-5-10 | SKIP code |
| 2593.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-42-70 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7a42 | Unicode hex code |
status quo, conditions, circumstances, form, appearance
- On:
- ジョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
298 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 状 【ジョウ】 form, shape, appearance, state, condition, circumstances, letter, correspondence
- 状況 【ジョウキョウ】 state of affairs, situation, conditions, circumstances
- 内情 【ナイジョウ】 internal conditions, true state of affairs
- 形状 【ケイジョウ】 shape, form
Readings
- Korean:
- jang, sang
Spanish
- estado
- condición
- circunstancias
- situación
Portuguese
- condicional
- condições
- circunstâncias
- formulário
- aparecimento
French
- état des choses
- conditions
- circonstances
- lettre
- forme
- apparence
| 818 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 739 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 717 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 414 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2839 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 512 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 727 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 365A | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 626 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 636 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 829 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1296 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 322 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 204 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 244 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 244 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 20257 | Morohashi |
| 272 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3556 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 239 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 254 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 430 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 672 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1263 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2b5.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-4 | SKIP code |
| 3313.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-30-85 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 72b6 | Unicode hex code |