| 薯 | |||
| yam, tuber, potato | |||
| Radical | 䒑艸艹艹艹 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 14 | Total Strokes | 20 |
| Mandarin reading | shǔ | Cantonese reading | syu4 syu5 |
| Japanese on reading | sho jo | Japanese kun reading | imo |
| Korean reading | se | Vietnamese reading | |
| Semantic Variant(s) | 藷 | ||
| 薯条 | [ shǔ ] french fries, french fried potatoes, chips |
| 薯蓣 | [ shǔ yù ] Chinese yam (Dioscorea polystachya) |
| 薯饼 | [ shǔ bǐng ] hash browns, croquette |
| 薯 | [ shǔ ] variant of 薯[shu3] |
| ⇒ 参薯 | [ shēn shǔ ] Dioscorea alata (Kinampay or aromatic purple yam, a sweet root crop) |
| ⇒ 木薯淀粉 | [ mù shǔ diàn fěn ] tapioca |
| ⇒ 炸薯条 | [ zhá shǔ ] french fries |
| ⇒ 当官不为民做主不如回家卖红薯 | [ dāng guān bù weì mín zuò zhǔ bù rú huí jiā maì hóng shǔ ] if an official does not put the people first, he might as well go home and sell sweet potatoes |
| ⇒ 种薯 | [ zhǒng shǔ ] seed tuber |
| ⇒ 红薯 | [ hóng shǔ ] sweet potato |
| ⇒ 豆薯属 | [ doù shǔ shǔ ] yam bean, Pachyrhizus genus |
| ⇒ 马铃薯 | [ mǎ líng shǔ ] potato |
| ⇒ 马铃薯泥 | [ mǎ líng shǔ ní ] mashed potato |
| ⇒ 鱼薯 | [ yú shǔ ] fish and chips (abbr. for 炸魚薯條|炸鱼薯条[zha2 yu2 shu3 tiao2]) |