# 薯

| 薯 | U+85AF, &#34223; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-85AF |
| ← 薮 [U+85AE] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 薰 → [U+85B0] |

## Translingual
### Han character

薯 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+14, 20 strokes, cangjie input 廿田中日 (TWLA), four-corner 4460$_4$, composition ⿱艹署)

#### Derived characters

* 蠴

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1062, character 45
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32191
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3301, character 18
* Unihan data for U+85AF

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 薯 :
| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 觰 | *rtaːʔ, *rtaː |
| 諸 | *tjaː, *tja |
| 者 | *tjaːʔ |
| 堵 | *tjaːʔ, *taːʔ |
| 赭 | *tjaːʔ |
| 撦 | *l̥ʰjaːʔ |
| 扯 | *tʰjaːʔ |
| 闍 | *djaː, *taː |
| 奢 | *hljaː |
| 鍺 | *toːlʔ |
| 都 | *taː |
| 醏 | *taː |
| 覩 | *taːʔ |
| 睹 | *taːʔ |
| 暏 | *taːʔ |
| 賭 | *taːʔ |
| 帾 | *taːʔ |
| 楮 | *taːʔ, *tʰaʔ |
| 屠 | *daː, *da |
| 瘏 | *daː |
| 廜 | *daː |
| 鷵 | *daː |
| 緒 | *ljaʔ |
| 豬 | *ta |
| 猪 | *ta |
| 瀦 | *ta |
| 藸 | *ta, *da |
| 櫫 | *ta |
| 褚 | *taʔ, *tʰaʔ |
| 著 | *taʔ, *tas, *da, *taɡ, *daɡ |
| 箸 | *tas, *das |
| 儲 | *da |
| 躇 | *da |
| 櫧 | *tja |
| 藷 | *tja, *djas |
| 蠩 | *tja |
| 煮 | *tjaʔ |
| 渚 | *tjaʔ |
| 煑 | *tjaʔ |
| 陼 | *tjaʔ |
| 翥 | *tjas |
| 署 | *djas |
| 薯 | *djas |
| 曙 | *djas |
| 書 | *hlja |
| 暑 | *hjaʔ |
| 鐯 | *taɡ |
| 擆 | *taɡ |
| 櫡 | *taɡ |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): shǔ (shu$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨˇ
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): syu$^4$ / syu$^5$ / syu$^6$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): si$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): sù
    (Hailu, HRS): shu
    (Meixian, Guangdong): su$^2$
* Northern Min (KCR): ṳ̌
* Eastern Min (BUC): sṳ̀
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chû / chîr / chî
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ze$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: shǔ
*** Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: shǔ
*** Wade–Giles: shu$^3$
*** Yale: shǔ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuu
*** Palladius: шу (šu)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʂu²¹⁴/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: syu$^4$ / syu$^5$ / syu$^6$
*** Yale: syùh / syúh / syuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sy$^4$ / sy$^5$ / sy$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: xu$^4$ / xu$^5$ / xu$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /syː²¹/, /syː¹³/, /syː²²/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: si$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /si²²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sù
*** Hakka Romanization System: su$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: su$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /su¹¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: shu
*** Sinological IPA: /ʃu⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: su$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /su¹¹/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ṳ̌
*** Sinological IPA : /y²¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: sṳ̀
*** Sinological IPA : /sy⁵³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Tainan, Magong, Penang)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chû
*** Tâi-lô: tsû
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zuu
*** IPA (Penang): /t͡su²³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Tainan): /t͡su²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Hsinchu, Lukang, Sanxia, Kinmen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chîr
*** Tâi-lô: tsîr
*** IPA (Lukang): /t͡sɨ²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Kinmen): /t͡sɯ²⁴/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Taichung, Hsinchu, Yilan, Philippines)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chî
*** Tâi-lô: tsî
*** Phofsit Daibuun: cii
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡si²³/
*** IPA (Yilan, Philippines): /t͡si²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡si¹³/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: ze$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsṳ̂
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɯ⁵⁵/
* Middle Chinese: dzyoH
Rime :
| Character | 薯 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 常 (25) |
| Final (韻) | 魚 (22) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 常恕切 |
| Baxter | dzyoH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /d͡ʑɨʌ$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /d͡ʑiɔ$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /d͡ʑiɔ$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /d͡ʑɨə̆$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /ʑiɔ$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /ʑĭo$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ʑi̯wo$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | shù |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | syu$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*djas/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 薯 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 17010 |
| Phonetic component | 者 |
| Rime group | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 署 |
| Old Chinese | /*djas/ |
| Notes | 俗藷字 |

### Definitions

薯
* (originally) Only used in 薯蕷／薯蓣 (shǔyù, “Chinese yam”).
* General name for crops such as potato, sweet potato and yam.

### Compounds

* 木薯 (mùshǔ)
* 樹薯 / 树薯 (shùshǔ)
* 涼薯 / 凉薯 (liángshǔ)
* 甘薯 (gānshǔ)
* 甘薯簽 / 甘薯签
* 甘薯葉 / 甘薯叶
* 番薯 (fānshǔ)
* 白薯 (báishǔ)
* 紅薯 / 红薯 (hóngshǔ)
* 蕃薯 (Fānshǔ)
* 薯仔
* 薯條 / 薯条 (shǔtiáo)
* 薯片 (shǔpiàn)
* 薯莨 (shǔliáng)
* 薯莨綢 / 薯莨绸 (shǔliángchóu)
* 薯蓉 (shǔróng)
* 薯蕷 / 薯蓣 (shǔyù)
* 薯藥 / 薯药
* 薯頭 / 薯头
* 薯頭薯腦 / 薯头薯脑
* 豆薯 (dòushǔ)
* 馬鈴薯 / 马铃薯 (mǎlíngshǔ)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: じょ (jo)
* Kan-on: しょ (sho)
* Kun: いも (imo, 薯)

## Korean
### Hanja

薯 • (seo) (hangeul 서, revised seo, McCune–Reischauer sŏ, Yale se)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

薯: Hán Nôm readings: thự
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