芋 — Chinese character
芋
yù
taro
- Pinyin
- yù
- Radical
- 140 ⾋ (Grass)
- Strokes
- 7
- Components
- 艹 于
- Formation
- pictophonetic — plant; meaning component 艹; sound component 于
- Japanese
- 芋 as a kanji
Common words with 芋
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 芋头 (芋頭) | yù tou | taro |
| 烫手山芋 (燙手山芋) | tàng shǒu shān yù | (fig.) hot potato |
| 魔芋 | mó yù | see 蒟蒻 (jǔ ruò) |
| 洋芋 | yáng yù | (dialect) potato |
| 山芋 | shān yù | sweet potato |
| 洋芋片 | yáng yù piàn | (Tw) potato chip |
| 海芋 | hǎi yù | giant taro (Alocasia macrorrhizos); common calla |
| 香芋 | xiāng yù | ube; purple yam (Dioscorea alata); taro (Colocasia esculenta) |
| 菊芋 | jú yù | Jerusalem artichoke |
| 竹芋 | zhú yù | Indian arrowroot (Maranta arundinacea) |
| 芋艿 | yù nǎi | taro |
| 芋圆 (芋圓) | yù yuán | taro ball (Taiwanese dessert) |
English words written with 芋
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.