Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 芋

芋

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Meaning

 potato

Pronunciation
imo

Explanation

 Top: plant 艹, bottom: dry 干 (image of a drying rack)

Mnemonic

A plant that grows (in contrast to rice) on the dry is the potato.

Radicals

艹 plant, grass(Shows two plants growing through the ground, simple variation of 艸.)
干 dry(The radical hoshi stands for dry and lookls like a drying rail/stand.)
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