Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

2418 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 6

Meaning: potato

Kunyomi: いも

Onyomi:

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: grass

Examples

Onyomi Examples

カイウ calla (Zantedcschia aethiopica)

阿蘭陀海 オランダカイウ calla lily (Zantedeschia aethiopica)

Kunyomi Examples

いも tuber, taro, potato, yam, yokel, bumpkin, dud, worthless thing

片喰 いもかたばみ jointed woodsorrel (Oxalis articulata)

焼き やきいも roasted sweet potato, baked sweet potato

とういも sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)