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, plant	Grass or a rapid growing plant in general. It shows two plants growing through the ground, and is a simple variation of 艸.
网	net	Can be understood as a trawl net 冂 in which something XX has been caught. Sometimes it is simplified to 罒.
者	person	者

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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