芋 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning

taro, yam, tuber

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
Kun (native)
  • いもJHS
Other languages
  • 拼音yu4
  • 한글u
  • 한글hu
  • Hán-ViệtDụ
  • Hán-ViệtHu

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
6 strokes
Radical
艸(くさ)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+828B

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱艹于

Words using this kanji

  • いも(いも) 植物の根や地下茎といった地下部が肥大化して養分を蓄えた器官。秋の季語。 (いも) 取り立てて言うほどのことはない物や田舎じみた野暮な人をあざけっていう語。 (うも) イモの古名。tuber, taro, potato, yam
  • 芋茎ずいきtaro stem
  • 芋虫いもむしhornworm (caterpillar of a hawk moth), (hairless) caterpillar
  • 芋版いもばんpotato stamp
  • 芋侍いもざむらいrustic samurai, boorish samurai
  • 芋貝いもがいcone shell (Conus geographus)
  • 芋頭いもがしらtubercle
  • 芋粥いもがゆrice gruel with diced sweet potatoes, gruel with ivy broth and finely minced Japanese yam served at large Imperial banquets
  • 芋助いもすけhick, country bumpkin, yokel
  • 芋るいもるto be seized with fear, to be intimidated, to lose one's nerve, to camp (in an online multiplayer game)
  • 芋煮いもにimoni (taro and meat soup)
  • 芋餅いももちcakes made from glutinous rice and potato starch
  • 芋畑いもばたけpotato field, yam field, sweet-potato field
  • 芋掘りいもほりdigging for sweet potatoes (esp. as an outing), country bumpkin, yokel
  • 芋づるいもづるsweet-potato vines
  • 芋焼酎いもじょうちゅうsweet potato shōchū
  • 芋煮会いもにかいoutdoor party where guests cook various types of vegetables (esp. in Tōhoku)
  • 芋の子いものこminor taro root, taro cormlet, taro cormel, (pool, etc.) being jam-packed with people
  • 芋片喰いもかたばみjointed woodsorrel (Oxalis articulata)
  • 芋がらいもがらdried taro stem

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Lookup codes

SKIP
2-3-3
Four Corner
4440.1
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3k3.1
Heisig
1784
Nelson
3896