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Readings

Kana: ショ、ジョ、いも
Romaji: sho, jo, imo
Kana
Romaji

Meaning

potato

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  18
Radical Number:  140
Frequency: 
Grade: 
Skip Pattern:  2-3-15
Korean Reading:  jeo
Chinese Reading:  shu3
Unicode:  85f7
JIS:  3D73

Indexes

Nelson Index: 4093
New Nelson Index: 5237
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3k16.3
Four Corner Index: 4466.3
Daikanwanjiten Index: 32391
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 9.1002
Remembering the kanji Index: 2402
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 2482

Words

(いも)
tuber; taro; potato; yokel; bumpkin
とろろ芋 (とろろいも)
yam
鏡藷 (かがみいも)
Metaplexis japonica
山の芋 (やまのいも、しょよ、じょよ、じょうよ、ヤマノイモ)
Japanese yam (Dioscorea japonica)
干し芋 (ほしいも)
dried sweet potato; satsuma sweet potato steamed, sliced and dried
さつま芋 (さつまいも、かんしょ、サツマイモ)
sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
芋掘り (いもほり)
digging for sweet potatoes (esp. as an outing); sweet potato digger
焼き芋 (やきいも)
roasted sweet potato; baked sweet potato
蘿芋 (ががいも、ガガイモ)
rough potato (Metaplexis japonica)
芋焼酎 (いもじょうちゅう)
sweet potato shochu (distilled liquor)
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