芋 Potato

Radical Combination

• 艹

  Flowers
• 干

  Dry

Meaning

Primary

Potato

Mnemonic

If you see some dry flowers, pull them up and you'll find a potato.

Hints

Potatoes grow when flowers dry out. All the nutrients are going to the potato under the ground, so the flowers up top get sucked dry.

Readings

On’yomi

None

Kun’yomi

いも

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

Potatoes are totally emo (いも) because of the way they dry out flowers. Emo people and potatoes both like to dry out flowers.

Hints

Picture an emo person sitting alone in a dark room, staring at a potato. "You and I are the same."