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Kanji Detail for 薯 - "yam"
薯
- Meaning
薯 means "yam."
Yam - A tuber; a general term for tubers.
- 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
yam, tuber, potato
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
potato; yam
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
yam, tuber, potato
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
薯蕷 (Chinese yam). A vegetable plant. Also called 山藥 (mountain medicine). Stem is slender and long. Twines around other objects. Leaves are long and heart-shaped. Pale yellow flowers bloom in summer. Its root is fleshy. The long ones reach several feet. Eaten as food. That produced in Huaining County, Anhui is called 淮山藥 (Huai mountain medicine). Used medicinally. | 番薯 (sweet potato). A vegetable plant. Commonly called 山芋 (mountain taro). Stem is slender and long. Flowers are purple and funnel-shaped. Has tuberous roots. Shape is round and long. Flesh is red, skin is purple. Can be eaten raw or cooked.
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