芋 Stroke Order

芋 【yù】 名词 【本义】: 植物名。俗称“芋艿”。 【造字法】: 形声。从艸，于声。 1. A perennial herbaceous plant, typically cultivated as an annual. It has a fleshy corm underground, rich in starch, and is edible as well as medicinal. Commonly known as "taro," "yuna," or "lotus root." 2. Refers to "potato" (洋芋). 3. Refers to "sweet potato" (甘薯). 4. Refers to "water chestnut" (荸荠). 引 1. "Shuowen": 芋 refers to a plant with big leaves and substantial roots, which is thus named. 2. "Shiji, Xiang Yu Benji": Soldiers ate taro and beans. 3. "Yili, Shi Sangli": It includes melons, bamboo shoots, and taro. 例 For example: Other terms like 芋火 (the charcoal used for cooking taro), 芋渠 (large taro, also referred to as 芋魁), 芋荷 (referring to the leaves and stems of taro, due to their resemblance to lotus leaves), and others related to the culinary uses and forms of taro and related tubers. 2. 泛指薯类植物 ([En.] tuber crops). 例如: 如: 山芋 (mountain yam); 洋芋 (western potato).