Memory phrase for the Kanji: 芋


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Meaning potato

Pronunciation


imo

Explanation

Top: plant , bottom: dry (image of a drying rack)

Mnemonic


 
A plant that grows (in contrast to rice) on the dry is the potato.

Radicals

plant, grassShows two plants growing through the ground, simple variation of 艸.
dryThe radical hoshi stands for dry and looks like a drying rail/stand.
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