薯 — Chinese character
薯
shǔ
yam, tuber, potato
- Pinyin
- shǔ
- Radical
- 140 ⾋ (Grass)
- Strokes
- 18
- Components
- 艹 署
- Formation
- pictophonetic — plant; meaning component 艹; sound component 署
- Japanese
- 薯 as a kanji
Common words with 薯
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 马铃薯 (馬鈴薯) | mǎ líng shǔ | potato |
| 薯条 (薯條) | shǔ tiáo | french fries; french fried potatoes |
| 红薯 (紅薯) | hóng shǔ | sweet potato |
| 薯片 | shǔ piàn | fried potato chips |
| 木薯 | mù shǔ | cassava, a tropical tuber plant |
| 番薯 | fān shǔ | (dialect) sweet potato; yam |
| 甘薯 | gān shǔ | sweet potato; Ipomoea batatas |
| 薯蓣 (薯蕷) | shǔ yù | Chinese yam (Dioscorea polystachya) |
| 炸薯条 (炸薯條) | zhá shǔ tiáo | french fries |
| 白薯 | bái shǔ | sweet potato |
| 马铃薯泥 (馬鈴薯泥) | mǎ líng shǔ ní | mashed potato |
| 薯饼 (薯餅) | shǔ bǐng | hash browns; croquette |
English words written with 薯
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.