芋 = 艹 + 于

芋 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “taro”. It is built from 艹 (grass) and 于 (in).

Keyword: taro
Pinyin (Mandarin): yù
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: таро
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 芋 potato

Decomposition

ids

艹 grass
于 in

How to find 芋 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “grass” + “in”. 芋 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 芋 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.