芋 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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yù

taro

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 于 represents the sound.

Components

艹 Meaning component

cao, cǎo

grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

于 Sound component

yú

Evolution

Bronze script

Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

yù

taro; Colocasia antiquorum; Colocasia esculenta

Most common words with 芋

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	芋	taro
	山芋	sweet potato
	洋芋	(dialect) potato
	芋头	taro
	魔芋	konjac, konnyaku or devil's tongue (Amorphophallus konjac), plant whose corms are used to make a stiff jelly (as a food)

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*[ɢ]ʷ(r)a-s	hjuH	yù	taro (Colocasia antiquorum?)

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4246th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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