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芋 = 艹 + 于

芋 is a Japanese kanji written with 6 strokes, listed here under the keyword “potato”. It is built from 艹 (mugwort) and 于 (potato). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1784.

Keyword
potato
RTK frame
1784
Strokes
6
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
いも
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
taro, картофель
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
芋 taro

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 艹 mugwort
  2. 于 potato

How to find 芋 without knowing its reading

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

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