Entry
  1. Noun

    rice gruel with diced sweet potatoes

    Food, cooking

  2. gruel with ivy broth and finely minced Japanese yam served at large Imperial banquets

    Historical term

Also written 芋がゆ【いもがゆ】薯蕷粥【いもがゆ】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

taro, yam, tuber

Kun
いも
On
Strokes
6
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
2418 of 2500
Radical
grass
WaniKani
Level 34

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
2-3-3SKIP code
3k3.1The Kanji Dictionary
4440.1Four corner code
1947deroo
828bUnicode hex code
1-16-82JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3896Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4964New Nelson (John Haig)
2181New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2706Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1381Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1868Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1655Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1784Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
2001A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
288Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1682Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
30670PMorohashi
1011A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1909Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2081Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1694Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1088Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1834Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
639Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1670Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yu4Pinyin reading
u, huKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
34WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

rice gruel

Kun
かゆかいひさ.ぐ
On
イクシュクジュク
Strokes
12
Taught
Jinmeiyō
Frequency
2280 of 2500
Radical
rice

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (14)
CodeReference
1-3-9SKIP code
3h9.1The Kanji Dictionary
1722.7Four corner code
7ca5Unicode hex code
1-20-01JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1574Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4402New Nelson (John Haig)
698Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
525Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2243Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2349Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
26938Morohashi
zhou1, yu4Pinyin reading
jug, yug, gugKorean reading