芋

taro; Colocasia antiquorum; Colocasia esculenta

6 strokes Dict coverage rank #2,620 U+828B

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

艹 (semantic, “plant”) + 于 (phonetic, yú)

components: 艹于

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 于

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 于 (yú) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
于 sound component	yú	at, in, on; to, from; alas!
宇	yǔ	building, house, room, structure; space, the universe
迂	yū	abstruse, pedantic, unrealistic
盂	yú	basin; cup
吁	xū	alas; to sigh
竽	yú	free reed mouth organ
圩	xū	dike, embankment
盱	xū	eyes wide open; to gaze in astonishment
纡	yū	to twist, to turn, to bend; to distort
玗	yú	semi-precious stone
邘	yú	a state in Henan province

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
芋头色	yù tou sè	lilac (color)
洋芋片	yáng yù piàn	(Tw) potato chip
芋螺毒素	yù luó dú sù	conotoxin
烫手山芋	tàng shǒu shān yù	hot potato; problem; trouble; headache
山芋	shān yù	sweet potato
芋头	yù tou	taro
海芋	hǎi yù	giant taro (Alocasia macrorrhizos); common calla
洋芋	yáng yù	(dialect) potato
乌芋	wū yù	see 荸薺\|荸荠[bi2 qi2]
芋圆	yù yuán	taro ball (Taiwanese dessert)
竹芋	zhú yù	Indian arrowroot (Maranta arundinacea)
芋泥	Yù ní	yam paste (a snack in Chaozhou cuisine)
姑婆芋	gū pó yù	night-scented lily (Alocasia odora)
魔芋	mó yù	see 蒟蒻[ju3 ruo4]
菊芋	jú yù	Jerusalem artichoke
茵芋	yīn yù	Skimmia japonica
芋艿	yù nǎi	taro