Chinese symbol for “yam”
番薯
fān shǔ
(dialect) sweet potato; yam
The closest CC-CEDICT match for yam is 番薯 (fān shǔ), defined as: (dialect) sweet potato; yam.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “yam”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 薯 | shǔ | potato; yam |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 番薯.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 番茄 | fān qié | tomato |
| 番号 (番號) | fān hào | number of military unit |
| 轮番 (輪番) | lún fān | in turn; one after another |
| 番茄酱 (番茄醬) | fān qié jiàng | ketchup; tomato sauce |
| 翻番 | fān fān | to double; to increase by a certain number of times |
| 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “yam”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.