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Kanji Detail for 芋 - "potato"

芋

  • Meaning

    芋 means "potato." Also associated with root vegetable.

    1. Potato - Especially taro; tuber vegetables.

    2. Taro - A starchy root vegetable.

    3. Tuber - An underground stem or root.

  • Words using 芋

    • 焼き芋 やきいも Listen roasted sweet potato; baked sweet potato
    • さつま芋 さつまいも Listen sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
    • じゃが芋 じゃがいも Listen potato (Solanum tuberosum)

  • Tattoo check: 芋

    • Verified meaning: potato
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read いも)
    • Also carries these associations: root vegetable

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 芋

    Surnames 芋(いも)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    potato

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    taro

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    taro; Colocasia antiquorum; Colocasia esculenta

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    taro

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    A vegetable plant. Grown in paddy fields. Leaves resemble lotus leaves but longer. Underground stem forms tubers. Edible. The curved one coming from the center is called 芋頭 (taro). Those attached around it are called 芋子 (taro corms).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    u(ウ) ウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    imo(いも) いも

  • Strokes

    tip

    6 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    艸 艹 (kusa・kusakammuri・soko)

  • Related Keywords

    potato root vegetable tuber taro yam sweet potato starch crop food harvest farming vegetable

Sentences including 芋

  • I want to eat purple potatoes.

  • Let's dig up the potatoes.

  • The caterpillar is turning into a butterfly.

  • I eat steamed Satsuma potato bread.

  • This caterpillar will become a beautiful butterfly.

  • I included onions, carrots, and potatoes.

  • I wonder whether stone-roasted sweet potatoes are available overseas as well.

  • This sweet potato is only half-baked and is still crunchy.

  • Onions cook more quickly than potatoes.

  • The potato was so hot that it burned my mouth.

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