薯 shǔ yam
yam; tuber; potato
How to remember 薯: 艹 grass + 署 bureau = yam. The clerk hides a vegetable patch in the grass behind the tax bureau and proudly digs up a whole sack of yam.
Component breakdown
薯 = 艹 grass + 署 bureau
- 艹 grass
- 署 bureau
The clerk hides a vegetable patch in the grass behind the tax bureau and proudly digs up a whole sack of yam.
How it is used
- Tuber/potato/yam - 红薯 (hóngshǔ) sweet potato, 土豆/马铃薯 (mǎlíngshǔ) potato.
- 薯片 (shǔpiàn) = potato chips/crisps; 薯条 = French fries.
- 紫薯 (zǐshǔ) = purple sweet potato; 木薯 = cassava.
- A general morpheme for starchy root vegetables.