薯
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potato; yam
16 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,158 U+85AF
How 薯 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
艹 (semantic, “plant”) + 署 (phonetic, shǔ)
How to remember it
yam · Heisig RSH #2303
flower + 署 add your John Hancock
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 署
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 署 (shǔ) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 署 sound component | shǔ | bureau, public office; to sign |
| 曙 | shǔ | dawn, daybreak; the dawn of an era |
| 糬 | shǔ | sticky rice; mochi |
Words containing 薯
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 当官不为民做主不如回家卖红薯 | dāng guān bù wèi mín zuò zhǔ bù rú huí jiā mài hóng shǔ | if an official does not put the people first, he might as well go home and sell sweet pota… |
| 白薯 | bái shǔ | sweet potato |
| 豆薯属 | dòu shǔ shǔ | yam bean; Pachyrhizus genus |
| 红薯 | hóng shǔ | sweet potato |
| 炸薯球 | zhà shǔ qiú | tater tot |
| 木薯 | mù shǔ | cassava, a tropical tuber plant |
| 鱼薯 | yú shǔ | fish and chips (abbr. for 炸魚薯條|炸鱼薯条[zha2 yu2 shu3 tiao2]) |
| 马铃薯泥 | mǎ líng shǔ ní | mashed potato |
| 炸薯片 | zhá shǔ piàn | potato chip |
| 炸薯条 | zhá shǔ tiáo | french fries |
| 薯片 | shǔ piàn | fried potato chips |
| 薯条 | shǔ tiáo | french fries; french fried potatoes; chips |
| 马铃薯 | mǎ líng shǔ | potato |
| 麻薯 | má shǔ | variant of 麻糬[ma2 shu3] |
| 豆薯 | dòu shǔ | yam bean (Pachyrhizus erosus), a vine with sweet edible root |
| 种薯 | zhǒng shǔ | seed tuber |
| 木薯淀粉 | mù shǔ diàn fěn | tapioca |
| 参薯 | shēn shǔ | Dioscorea alata (Kinampay or aromatic purple yam, a sweet root crop) |
| 薯泥 | shǔ ní | mashed potato |
| 甘薯 | gān shǔ | sweet potato; Ipomoea batatas |