Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 薯


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Meaning

potato, yam

Pronunciation

shǔ

Explanation

Top: plant , bottom: government office (The eyes 罒 above the persons 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

grass, plant
net(sometimes simplified to 罒.)
person()
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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


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