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芋

Potato
Stroke count: 6

Readings

On readingウ
Kun readingいも
JLPT level: N1JōyōGrade 8Level 19

Meanings

  1. potatoRtK
  2. taro
  3. yam
  4. tuber
  1. yokel

Synonyms

ポテト

Radicals and components

Radical艸grass
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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flowers (艹)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1784

Compound words

薩摩芋さつまいも
sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
焼き芋やきいも
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)
芋粥いもがゆ
rice gruel with diced sweet potatoes
芋掘いもほり
digging for sweet potatoes (esp. as an outing)
芋茎ずいき
taro stem
芋虫いもむし
hornworm (caterpillar of a hawk moth)
芋苗ずいき
taro stem
芋蔓いもづる
sweet-potato vines
蘿芋ががいも
rough potato (Metaplexis japonica)
芋づるいもづる
sweet-potato vines
芋ほりいもほり
digging for sweet potatoes (esp. as an outing)
芋掘りいもほり
digging for sweet potatoes (esp. as an outing)
芋焼酎いもじょうちゅう
sweet potato shōchū
芋堀りいもほり
digging for sweet potatoes (esp. as an outing)
芋蔓式いもづるしき
(appearing, occurring) one after another
芋羊羹いもようかん
(bar of) sweet-potato paste
芋羊羮いもようかん
(bar of) sweet-potato paste
薯蕷芋とろろいも
yam
里芋科さといもか
Araceae (arum family of plants)
琉球芋りゅうきゅういも
sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
ジャガ芋じゃがいも
potato (Solanum tuberosum)
とろろ芋とろろいも
yam

Additional Examples

この芋虫がきれいな蝶になるのだ。
This caterpillar will become a beautiful butterfly.tatoeba
この薩摩芋は生焼けでがりがりする。
This sweet potato is only half-baked and is still crunchy.tatoeba

Stroke Order

6 strokes

Tuber, potato. 艹 (plant) + 于 — a plant with big tubers underground.

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