芋 — kanji meaning “taro”
芋
taro, yam, tuber
- Meanings
- taro, yam, tuber
- On'yomi
- ウ (u)
- Kun'yomi
- いも
- Strokes
- 6
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #2418 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 140
- Chinese reading
- yù — Chinese character page
Words with 芋
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 焼き芋 | やきいも yakiimo | roasted sweet potato; baked sweet potato |
| さつま芋 | さつまいも satsumaimo | sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) |
| 芋煮 | いもに imoni | imoni (taro and meat soup) |
| 芋虫 | いもむし imomushi | hornworm (caterpillar of a hawk moth); (hairless) caterpillar |
| 里芋 | さといも satoimo | taro (Colocasia esculenta); dasheen; eddo |
| じゃが芋 | じゃがいも jagaimo | potato (Solanum tuberosum) |
| 山芋 | やまいも yamaimo | Japanese yam (Dioscorea japonica) |
| 長芋 | ながいも nagaimo | Chinese yam (Dioscorea batatas) |
| 芋づる | いもづる imozuru | sweet-potato vines |
| 種芋 | たねいも taneimo | seed potato |
| 芋粥 | いもがゆ imogayu | rice gruel with diced sweet potatoes |
| 大和芋 | やまといも yamatoimo | Chinese yam (variety of Dioscorea opposita) |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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