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薯 = 署 + 艹

薯 is a Japanese kanji written with 16 strokes, listed here under the keyword “yam”. It is built from 署 (signature) and 艹 (mugwort). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2451.

Keyword
yam
RTK frame
2451
Strokes
16
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ショ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
いも
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
potato, ямс
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
薯 yam

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 署 signature
  2. 艹 mugwort

How to find 薯 without knowing its reading

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

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