# 芋

| 芋 | U+828B, &#33419; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-828B |
| ← 芊 [U+828A] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 芌 → [U+828C] |
| 芋 | U+2F990, &#194960; CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F990 |
| ← 芑 [U+2F98F] | CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement | 芝 → [U+2F991] |

## Translingual
### Han character

芋 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 廿一木 (TMD) or 難廿一木 (XTMD), four-corner 4440$_1$, composition ⿱艹于)

#### Derived characters

* 𭇻, 𰱕, 𧋪, 𮐆

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1018, character 8
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30670
* Dae Jaweon: page 1476, character 8
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3174, character 3
* Unihan data for U+828B
* Unihan data for U+2F990

## Chinese

* 芋 (Written Standard Chinese)
* 芋 (Cantonese)
* 芋 (Wu)

### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 侉 | *qaːls |
| 夸 | *kʰʷraː |
| 姱 | *kʰʷraː |
| 胯 | *kʰʷraː, *kʰʷraːs, *kʰʷaːs |
| 跨 | *kʰʷraː, *kʰʷraːʔ, *kʰʷraːs, *kʰʷaːs |
| 誇 | *kʰʷraː |
| 垮 | *kʰʷraːʔ |
| 銙 | *kʰʷraːʔ |
| 骻 | *kʰʷraːʔ |
| 咵 | *kʰʷraːʔ |
| 釫 | *ɢʷraː, *qʷaː |
| 摦 | *ɡʷraːs |
| 鮬 | *pɢʷaː, *kʰʷaː |
| 嶀 | *qʰʷl'aː |
| 扝 | *kʰʷaː, *qʷaː |
| 刳 | *kʰʷaː |
| 郀 | *kʰʷaː |
| 挎 | *kʰʷaː |
| 袴 | *kʰʷaːs |
| 絝 | *kʰʷaːs |
| 褲 | *kʰʷaːs |
| 恗 | *qʰaː |
| 洿 | *ɡʷaːʔ, *qʷaː |
| 瓠 | *ɡʷlaː, *ɡʷlaːs |
| 鄠 | *ɢʷlaːʔ |
| 污 | *qʷaː, *qʷaːs |
| 杇 | *qʷaː |
| 圬 | *qʷaː |
| 鴮 | *qʷaː |
| 盓 | *qʷaː |
| 汙 | *qʷaːs, *ɢʷa |
| 樗 | *qʰʷl'a |
| 摴 | *qʰʷl'a |
| 荂 | *pqʰʷa, *qʰʷa |
| 雩 | *qʰʷla, *ɢʷla |
| 吁 | *qʰʷa, *ɢʷas |
| 盱 | *qʰʷa |
| 訏 | *qʰʷa |
| 扜 | *qʰʷa, *qʷa |
| 旴 | *qʰʷa |
| 冔 | *qʰʷaʔ |
| 紆 | *qʷa |
| 陓 | *qʷa |
| 迂 | *qʷa, *qʷaʔ, *ɢʷa |
| 虶 | *qʷa |
| 于 | *ɢʷa |
| 盂 | *ɢʷa |
| 竽 | *ɢʷa |
| 邘 | *ɢʷa |
| 玗 | *ɢʷa |
| 芋 | *ɢʷa, *ɢʷas |
| 杅 | *ɢʷa |
| 釪 | *ɢʷa |
| 骬 | *ɢʷa |
| 謣 | *ɢʷla |
| 宇 | *ɢʷaʔ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɢʷa, *ɢʷas): semantic 艸 (“grass; plant”) + phonetic 于 (OC *ɢʷa) – taro.

### Etymology 1

Unclear. Shuowen suggests that the word arises from the startling size of the taro, leading Kai Xu to connect it to 吁 (OC *qʰʷa), which is the sound that one makes when one is startled. However, this seems to be folk etymology.
Compare Proto-Hmong-Mien *wouH (“taro”), Burmese ဝ (wa., “elephant foot yam”), Tibetan གྲོ་མ (gro ma, “Argentina anserina (syn. Potentilla anserina), a plant with small edible tubers”). There are various theories on how all these words are related:
* Schuessler (2007) considers it to be an areal word, comparing it to the Hmong-Mien and Burmese words. Schuessler (2015) does not consider the Tibetan word to be cognate.
* Blench (2012) suggests that the Chinese word is borrowed from Proto-Hmong-Mien and that the Burmese word may be a late loan from Old Chinese.
* STEDT reconstructs Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g/s-rwa (“taro; yam; tuber”), whence the Tibetan word. This etymon is regarded as allofamically related this word and 薯 (OC *djas).
* Gong Hwang-cherng (2002) and Baxter and Sagart (2017) also suggest that this word is related to the Tibetan word.

#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): yù (yu$^4$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄩˋ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): yu$^4$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): wu$^6$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): vu$^4$
* Gan (Wiktionary): y$^5$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): vu
    (Hailu, HRS): vu$^˖$
    (Meixian, Guangdong): vu$^4$
* Jin (Wiktionary): y$^3$
* Northern Min (KCR): ṳ̄
* Eastern Min (BUC): uô
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ou$^5$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): ō͘ / ǒ͘ / ū / ī
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ou$^7$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$yu
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): y$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yù
*** Zhuyin: ㄩˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yù
*** Wade–Giles: yü$^4$
*** Yale: yù
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuh
*** Palladius: юй (juj)
*** Sinological IPA : /y⁵¹/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: yu$^4$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: y
*** Sinological IPA : /y²¹³/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: wu$^6$
*** Yale: wuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: wu$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: wu$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /wuː²²/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: vu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /vu²¹/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: y$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /y¹¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vu
*** Hakka Romanization System: vu
*** Hagfa Pinyim: vu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /vu⁵⁵/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: vu$^˖$
*** Sinological IPA: /vu³³/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: vu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /ʋu⁵³/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: y$^3$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /y⁴⁵/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: ṳ̄
*** Sinological IPA : /y⁵⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: uô
*** Sinological IPA : /uɔ²⁴²/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: ou$^5$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ō
*** Sinological IPA : /ɔu²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung, Hsinchu, Sanxia, Yilan, Kinmen, Magong, Singapore, Philippines)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ō͘
*** Tâi-lô: ōo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: o
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Yilan): /ɔ³³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Philippines): /ɔ⁴¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kinmen, Singapore): /ɔ²²/
** (Hokkien: Lukang)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ǒ͘
*** Tâi-lô: ǒo
*** IPA (Lukang): /ɔ³³/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ū
*** Tâi-lô: ū
*** Phofsit Daibuun: u
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /u⁴¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /u²²/
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /u³³/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ī
*** Tâi-lô: ī
*** Phofsit Daibuun: i
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /i²²/
* ō͘/ǒ͘ - vernacular;
* ū/ī - literary.
* Middle Chinese: hjuH
Rime :
| Character | 芋 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 云 (35) |
| Final (韻) | 虞 (24) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 王遇切 |
| Baxter | hjuH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɦɨo$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɦio$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɣio$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɦuə̆$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /ɣio$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /ɣĭu$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /i̯u$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yù |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | jyu$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ]ʷ(r)a-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷas/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 芋 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | yù |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ hju$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*[ɢ]ʷ(r)a-s/ |
| English | taro (Colocasia antiquorum?) |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 芋 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 15720 |
| Phonetic component | 于 |
| Rime group | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 芋 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɢʷas/ |

#### Definitions

芋
* taro

##### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 芋 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 芋, 芋艿 |
| Taxonomic name | Taxonomic name | 芋 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 芋頭 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 芋頭 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 芋頭 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 芋頭 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 芋頭 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 芋頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 芋頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 芋頭 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 毛芋頭, 芋頭 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 芋頭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 芋頭, 芋子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 芋頭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 芋頭, 毛芋頭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 芋頭 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 芋頭 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 芋頭 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 芋頭 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 芋頭 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 芋頭 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 芋頭 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 芋頭 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 芋頭 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 芋頭 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 芋頭 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 芋頭 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 芋頭 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 芋頭 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 芋頭 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 芋頭 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 芋頭 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 芋頭 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 芋頭 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 芋頭 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 芋 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 芋 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 芋 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 芋 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 芋頭 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 芋頭 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 芋頭 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 芋 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 芋頭, 芋 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 芋頭 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 芋頭 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 芋頭 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 芋頭 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 芋頭 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 芋頭 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 芋頭 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 芋頭 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 芋頭 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 芋頭 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 芋頭 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 芋, 芋頭 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 芋頭 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 芋仔, 芋頭 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 芋子, 芋頭 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 芋仔, 芋頭 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 芋仔, 芋頭 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 芋仔, 芋頭 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 芋, 芋頭, 芋卵 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 芋仔, 芋, 芋頭, 芋卵 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 芋, 芋卵 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 芋頭 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 芋頭 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 芋頭, 芋 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 芋 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 芋頭 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 芋 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 芋 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 芋 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 芋仔 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 芋仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 芋仔 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 芋仔 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 芋仔 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 芋仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 芋仔 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 芋仔 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 芋 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 芋 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 芋 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 芋 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 芋 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 芋 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 芋 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 芋 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 芋 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 芋 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 芋頭, 芋 plant |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 芋 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 芋 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 芋 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 芋 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Youyang) | 芋 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 芋頭 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 芋 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 芋, 芋頭 |
| Waxiang | Yuanling (Shaojiwan) | 芋頭 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 芋艿, 芋艿頭 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 芋艿 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 芋艿 |
| Wu | Danyang | 芋頭, 芋頭麻子, 芋頭子子, 芋頭婆婆 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 芋艿 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 芋艿 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 芋 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 芋, 毛芋 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 芋頭, 芋子 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 芋子 |

#### Compounds

* 凍芋 / 冻芋
* 君子芋
* 土芋
* 姑婆芋 (gūpóyù)
* 姜芋
* 山芋 (shānyù)
* 山芋荷
* 岷下芋
* 彩葉芋 / 彩叶芋
* 栗芋
* 水芋仔
* 洋芋 (yángyù)
* 洋芋片 (yángyùpiàn)
* 海芋
* 烏芋 / 乌芋 (wūyù)
* 煨芋
* 燙手山芋 / 烫手山芋 (tàngshǒu shānyù)
* 瓜疇芋區 / 瓜畴芋区
* 生水芋頭 / 生水芋头
* 番芋 (fānyù)
* 白芋
* 竹芋
* 老芋仔
* 芋仔
* 芋仔冰
* 芋冰
* 芋卵
* 芋圓 / 芋圆 (yùyuán)
* 芋奶
* 芋妳
* 芋子
* 芋栗
* 芋母
* 芋泥 (yùní)
* 芋渠
* 芋火
* 芋稈 / 芋秆
* 芋粄
* 芋粿 (yùguǒ)
* 芋粿曲
* 芋艿 (yùnǎi)
* 芒芋
* 芋莖 / 芋茎
* 芋荷
* 芋荷形
* 芋角 (yùjiǎo)
* 芋郎
* 芋郎君
* 芋頭 / 芋头 (yùtou)
* 芋頭糕 / 芋头糕 (yùtougāo)
* 芋頭酥 / 芋头酥
* 芋餅 / 芋饼
* 芋魁
* 芋魁豆飯 / 芋魁豆饭
* 芋魁飯豆 / 芋魁饭豆
* 芭蕉芋
* 荔芋 (lìyù)
* 茵芋
* 菊芋 (júyù)
* 蓒芋
* 藷芋 / 薯芋
* 軒芋 / 轩芋
* 野芋
* 雀芋
* 鬼芋
* 魔芋 (móyù)
* 鸇芋 / 鹯芋
* 龜背芋 / 龟背芋

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yú (yu$^2$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄩˊ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yú
*** Zhuyin: ㄩˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yú
*** Wade–Giles: yü$^2$
*** Yale: yú
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yu
*** Palladius: юй (juj)
*** Sinological IPA : /y³⁵/
* Middle Chinese: hju
Rime :
| Character | 芋 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 云 (35) |
| Final (韻) | 虞 (24) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 羽俱切 |
| Baxter | hju |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɦɨo/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɦio/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɣio/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɦuə̆/ |
| Li Rong | /ɣio/ |
| Wang Li | /ɣĭu/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /i̯u/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yú |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | jyu$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷa/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 芋 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| No. | 15712 |
| Phonetic component | 于 |
| Rime group | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 于 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɢʷa/ |

#### Definitions

芋
* (historical dictionaries only, of grass) lush; luxuriant

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xū (xu$^1$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xū
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄩ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: syu
*** Wade–Giles: hsü$^1$
*** Yale: syū
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiu
*** Palladius: сюй (sjuj)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕy⁵⁵/

#### Definitions

芋
* (historical dictionaries only) large; great
* (historical dictionaries only) to have

### Etymology 4
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yǔ (yu$^3$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄩˇ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yǔ
*** Zhuyin: ㄩˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yǔ
*** Wade–Giles: yü$^3$
*** Yale: yǔ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeu
*** Palladius: юй (juj)
*** Sinological IPA : /y²¹⁴/

#### Definitions

芋
* Used in 芋尹 (yǔyǐn).
* Alternative form of 宇 (yǔ, “to live; to reside”)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji)

#### Readings

* Go-on: う (u)
* Kan-on: う (u)
* Kun: いも (imo, 芋, Jōyō)、うも (umo, 芋)

#### Compounds

* 芋茎(ずいき) (zuiki)

### Etymology 1

* Kanji in this term
* 芋
* いも Grade: S
* kun'yomi
From Old Japanese, attested in the Nihon Shoki of 720. May be a shift from older form うも (umo), ultimately from Proto-Japonic *umo.
Cognate with Okinawan 芋 ('nmu).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) いも [ìmóꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
* IPA: [imo̞]

#### Noun

芋(いも) or 芋(イモ) • (imo)
* [from 720] edible tuber
** potato
** sweet potato
** yam
** taro

##### Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as イモ.

##### Derived terms

* 芋貝(いもかい) (imokai)
* 芋(いも)っぽい (imoppoi)
* 芋虫(いもむし) (imomushi)
* 菊芋(キクイモ) (kiku-imo)
* 孝行芋(こうこういも) (kōkō imo)
* 薩摩芋(さつまいも) (Satsuma imo)
* 里芋(サトイモ) (satoimo, “taro (potato)”)
* ジャガ芋(イモ) (jagaimo, “potato”)
* 大学芋(だいがくいも) (daigaku imo)
* 長芋(ナガイモ) (naga imo)
* 紅芋(ベニイモ) (beni imo)
* 干(ほ)し芋(いも) (hoshi-imo)
* 焼(や)き芋(いも) (yaki-imo)
* 山(ヤマ)の芋(イモ) (yama no imo)
* 山葵芋(わさびいも) (wasabi imo)

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 芋
* いも Grade: S
* kun'yomi
From 芋虫(いもむし) (imomushi), from a player character's resemblance to a caterpillar once moving while prone.

#### Noun

芋(いも) • (imo)
* (video games) camper, a person who stays in one spot in a first-person shooting game

##### Derived terms

* 芋(いも)スナイパー (imo sunaipā, “a camper who plays as a sniper”)
* 芋砂(いもすな) (imosuna)
* 芋(いも)る (imoru, “to camp”)

#### References

* ↑ “芋・薯・藷”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
* ↑ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
* ↑ “芋”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ “芋”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

## Korean
### Etymology 1

From Middle Chinese 芋 (MC hjuH). Recorded as Middle Korean 芌/우〯 (wǔ) (Yale: wu) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

#### Hanja

Wikisource 芋 (eumhun 토란 우 (toran u))
* hanja form of 우 (“taro”)

#### Compounds

* 국우 (菊芋, gugu)
* 망우 (芒芋, mang'u)
* 산우 (山芋, sanu)
* 오우 (烏芋, ou)
* 우산도 (于山島/芋山島, usando)
* 인우 (茵芋, inu)

### Etymology 2
#### Hanja

芋 (eumhun 클 후 (keul hu))
* (literary Chinese) hanja form of 후 (“large; great”)

### References

* 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

芋: Hán Nôm readings: dụ, vu
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