Memory phrase for the character: 薯

薯



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Meaning

potato, yam

Pronunciation

 shǔ

Explanation

 Top: plant 艹, bottom: government office 署 (The eyes 罒 above the persons 者 are a government office.)

Mnemonic
 
(Potatoes are harvested with a rake [here: 罒 net], which is used to furrow the ground.) The plant that is (harvested) with the rake of a person is the: potato.

Radicals

艹 grass, plantGrass or a rapid growing plant in general. It shows two plants growing through the ground, and is a simple variation of 艸.
网 netCan be understood as a trawl net 冂 in which something XX has been caught. Sometimes it is simplified to 罒. Nicht zu verwechseln mit Hügel 冈. Not to be confused with 'hill 冈'
者 person者
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 Vocabulary

甘薯 gān shǔ  sweet potato; Ipomoea batatas
番薯 fān shǔ  sweet potato; yam
马铃薯 mǎ líng shǔ  potato
马铃薯 mǎ líng shǔ  

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