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shǔ(shu3) // pronunciation of 薯 in Mandarin Pinyin

Basic information about 薯

Unihan definition: yam, tuber, potato

Number of strokes: 16
Examples of other characters consisting of 16 strokes: , , , , , , , , ,

Radical:  140.14

Frequency rank: 3363

General standard index number: 3321

Examples of words containing this character: 参薯, 木薯, 甘薯, 番薯, 白薯, 种薯, 红薯, 薯条, 薯片, 薯蓣, 薯饼, 豆薯, 炸薯条, 炸薯片, 豆薯属, 马铃薯, 木薯淀粉, 马铃薯泥

English translation (based on CEDICT):

薯[shǔ]:
- potato
- yam
藷|薯[shǔ]:
- variant of [shu3]

Details

Unicode code point: U+85AF

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