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藷 = 艹 + 諸
藷 is a Japanese kanji written with 18 strokes, listed here under the keyword “sweet potato”. It is built from 艹 (mugwort) and 諸 (various). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 2482.
- Keyword
- sweet potato
- RTK frame
- 2482
- Strokes
- 18
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- ショ, ジョ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- いも
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- potato, сладкий картофель
- Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
- 藷 yam
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 藷 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “mugwort” + “various”. 藷 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 藷 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.