穂
ほ · ho · JLPT N1 · noun
ear
🌾 禾 grain stalk + 惠 blessing = the grain ear, the harvest's blessing
穂 combines 禾, the radical for a drooping grain plant, with 惠, meaning blessing. The grain head is the part that carries the harvest. In 稲穂 (inaho), rice + ear, you get 'rice ear'.