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    3. 芋

    芋

    芋いも

    potato

    N1KMT10Freq #2418Food & DiningKanji6 strokes

    Kun'yomi

    いも

    On'yomi

    ウ

    potato

    艹于

    艹
    二
    亅

    Stroke 0 / 6

    Speed1.0x

    宇芸芫苛芽茅苧苣芸宇迂于吁盂苣芝芒艹

    Alternative forms of this concept

    䒑
    艸

    Concepts using this kanji

    焼き芋

    roasted sweet potato

    じゃが芋

    potato (Solanum tuberosum)

    さつま芋

    sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)

    芋

    tuber

    大学芋

    candied sweet potato

    大和芋

    Chinese yam (variety of Dioscorea opposita)

    田代芋

    taccad (any plant of family Taccaceae)

    金時芋

    sweet potato (any of a number of different cultivars with red skin)

    台湾山芋

    water yam (Dioscorea alata)

    芋田楽

    taros flavoured with miso and grilled on skewers

    山芋

    Japanese yam (Dioscorea japonica)

    山の芋

    Japanese yam (Dioscorea japonica)

    芋の子

    minor taro root

    子芋

    secondary taro corm

    京芋

    shrimp-shaped taro variety

    海老芋

    shrimp-shaped taro variety

    芋づる式

    (appearing, occurring) one after another

    長芋

    Chinese yam (Dioscorea batatas)

    海芋

    calla (Zantedeschia aethiopica)

    芋の子を洗うよう

    with people jostling against one another

    川越芋

    variety of sweet potato with red skin and sweet yellow flesh (product of the Kawagoe region)

    安納芋

    orange fleshed yam

    石焼き芋

    sweet potatoes baked in hot stones or pebbles

    男爵芋

    Irish Cobbler potato

    芋助

    hick

    沖縄山芋

    water yam (Dioscorea alata)

    食わず芋

    night-scented lily (Alocasia odora)

    芋煮会

    outdoor party where guests cook various types of vegetables (esp. in Tōhoku)

    吉芋

    Kichiimo (chain of sweet potato restaurants)

    種芋

    seed potato

    焼き芋屋

    sweet potato shop

    親芋

    mother tuber of a taro

    芋頭

    tubercle

    芋版

    potato stamp

    芋掘り坊主

    uneducated monk

    芋の煮えたもご存じない

    being ignorant of the ways of the world

    家柄より芋茎

    having food on the table is more important than having a high social standing

    赤芽芋

    type of taro originally from Sulawesi, has large tubers with red eyes

    里芋

    taro (Colocasia esculenta)

    芋洗い

    washing potatoes (in a bucket)

    芋を洗うよう

    with people jostling against one another

    琉球芋

    sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)

    干し芋

    dried slices of steamed sweet potato

    粉吹き芋

    dish of potatoes first boiled, then spun around while fried in a bowl (making them look as if covered in powder)

    芋虫

    hornworm (caterpillar of a hawk moth)

    芋片喰

    jointed woodsorrel (Oxalis articulata)

    菊芋

    Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus)

    芋掘り

    digging for sweet potatoes (esp. as an outing)

    紅芋

    purple yam (Dioscorea alata)

    孫芋

    tertiary taro corm

    阿蘭陀海芋

    calla lily (Zantedeschia aethiopica)

    葛芋

    jicama (Pachyrhizus erosus)

    芋焼酎

    sweet potato shōchū

    紫芋

    purple fleshed sweet potato (any one of several different such)

    芋貝

    cone shell (Conus geographus)

    唐の芋

    var. of taro with long purple stalks

    唐芋

    sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)

    芋煮

    imoni (taro and meat soup)

    芋侍

    rustic samurai

    アメリカ塊芋

    potato bean (Apios americana)

    芋茎

    taro stem

    豚芋

    Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus)

    蓮芋

    giant elephant ear (species of taro, Colocasia gigantea)

    セレベス芋

    type of taro originally from Sulawesi

    ヤム芋

    Japanese yam (Dioscorea japonica)

    トゲ芋

    lesser yam (Dioscorea esculenta)

    芋けんぴ

    sweetened sweet potato fries

    芋る

    to be seized with fear

    芋がら

    dried taro stem

    芋っぽい

    uncool

    芋ジャージ

    red-colored jersey (esp. school PE uniform)

    えぐ芋

    variety of acrid-tasting taro

    ふかし芋

    steamed potato (esp. sweet potato)

    とろろ芋

    yam

    芋づる

    sweet-potato vines

    芋ようかん

    (bar of) sweet-potato paste

    タロ芋

    taro (Colocasia esculenta)

    ジャガタラ芋

    potato (Solanum tuberosum)

    芋粥

    rice gruel with diced sweet potatoes

    蘿芋

    rough potato (Metaplexis japonica)

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    Used in vocabulary

    • 亅
    • 二
    • 艹

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    • じゃが芋
    • とろろ芋
    • 芋
    • 芋掘り
    • 芋茎
    • 芋虫
    • 芋づる
    • 芋づる式
    • さつま芋
    • 山芋
    • 焼き芋
    • 里芋
    • 種芋
    • 石焼き芋
    • 長芋
    • 海芋
    • 唐芋
    • 大和芋
    • 芋版
    • 芋侍
    • 芋ようかん
    • 芋貝
    • 芋頭
    • タロ芋
    • 男爵芋
    • 芋を洗うよう
    • 菊芋
    • 大学芋
    • ジャガタラ芋
    • 山の芋
    • 蘿芋
    • 阿蘭陀海芋
    • 蓮芋
    • 芋焼酎
    • 田代芋
    • 沖縄山芋
    • 台湾山芋
    • 親芋
    • 赤芽芋
    • セレベス芋
    • 安納芋
    • 紅芋
    • 琉球芋
    • 紫芋
    • 芋煮会
    • 芋粥
    • 唐の芋
    • 焼き芋屋
    • 芋の子
    • 子芋
    • 孫芋
    • 金時芋
    • 川越芋
    • 海老芋
    • 京芋
    • アメリカ塊芋
    • 干し芋
    • 芋けんぴ
    • ヤム芋
    • トゲ芋
    • 芋片喰
    • 葛芋
    • 粉吹き芋
    • 食わず芋
    • 芋助
    • 芋る
    • 家柄より芋茎
    • 芋がら
    • 芋掘り坊主
    • 芋田楽
    • 芋の煮えたもご存じない
    • 芋っぽい
    • 芋ジャージ
    • 豚芋
    • 芋洗い
    • えぐ芋
    • 芋の子を洗うよう
    • ふかし芋
    • 芋煮
    • 吉芋

    Similar concepts

    • 宇
    • 芸
    • 芫
    • 苛
    • 芽
    • 茅
    • 苧
    • 苣
    • 迂
    • 于
    • 吁
    • 盂
    • 芝
    • 芒
    • 艹

    Variants

    • 䒑
    • 艸

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