芋 (wu6 | yu4 ) : taro

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芋

wu6

yu4

[1] taro
[2] potatoes and sweet potatoes

Stroke count: 7

Level: 3

Radical: 艸 (#140)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

芋

This word has been viewed 5030 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 4th Sep 2009 04:00

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芋頭 wu6 tau4*2 = taro

芋角 wu6 gok3*2 = fried taro dumpling

煎芋頭糕 zin1 wu6 tau4*2 gou1 = fried taro cake

芋頭酥 wu6 tau4*2 sou1 yu4 tou2 su1 = taro pastries

洋芋 joeng4 wu6 yang2 yu4 = a potato

踩著芋莢都當蛇 caai2 zoek6 wu6 hap3 dou1 dong3 se4 = false suspicion 粵

紫山芋 zi2 saan1 wu6 zi3 shan1 yu4 = purple yam

檳榔芋 ban1 long4 wu6 bin1 lang2 yu4 = areca taro 粵

芋仔 wu6 zai2 = "taros", post WWII immigrants to Taiwan

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 芋
Unicode code for this character: U+828b (off-site link)

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