Read Edit View history 薯 shǔ HSK6 yam Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Pinyin Separate values with commas shǔ × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint plant Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 薯 Simp strokes 薯 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 薯 Simp strokes 薯 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 薯 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 223, 715 ], [ 783, 743 ] ], [ [ 362, 804 ], [ 408, 780 ], [ 438, 661 ] ], [ [ 583, 849 ], [ 615, 806 ], [ 559, 678 ] ], [ [ 270, 614 ], [ 308, 578 ], [ 342, 458 ] ], [ [ 295, 616 ], [ 694, 648 ], [ 733, 611 ], [ 672, 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