Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Textiles, Plants & Food

芋: taro, yam

Also: tuber

JLPT N16 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

艹 carries the meaning · 于 gives the sound

6 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

いもimo · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 芋いもtuber; taro; potato
  • 焼芋やきいもroasted sweet potato; baked sweet potato
  • じゃが芋じゃがいもpotato (Solanum tuberosum)
  • さつま芋さつまいもsweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)

Also read ウ, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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成り立ち

Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Grass growing on top! Like a green crown upon the earth, this radical sits above kanji related to flowers, herbs, and vegetation.”
More in the 艹 grass story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
艹

Also built on grass (艹)

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于

Also built on 于

芋 takes the 于 family's reading, ウ (u).

Also read ウ

10 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
芋 taro · 于
vs芸 technique · 云
芋 has 于 where 芸 has 云.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · yù

Same form: 芋 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
芋 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
芋 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin yù most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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