薯

shǔ
#3,357 most
frequent character
potato, yam

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

薯 uses 艹 plants as meaning part and 署 shǔ as sound part. It first meant Chinese yam. That grew to yams and potatoes.

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Same Characters, Different Readings

薯shǔ
variant of 薯[shu3]

Homophones

HSK 6
数shǔ
to count, to enumerate
属shǔ
be born in the year of (one of the twelve animals)
鼠shǔ
mouse, rat
署shǔ
office, bureau, to arrange

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