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Kanji Detail for 菊 - "chrysanthemum"

菊

  • Meaning

    菊 means "chrysanthemum."

    1. Chrysanthemum - A perennial plant of the chrysanthemum family.

  • Origin of 菊

    The grass crown 艹 over 匊, a hand cupping rice grains, lending the reading kiku: petals gathered in a palm — the chrysanthemum's tight-packed bloom.

    How to remember it: A handful 匊 of petals held together — the chrysanthemum's perfect crowded circle.

    Sources: en.wiktionary.org · mojinavi.com

  • Tattoo check: 菊

    • Verified meaning: chrysanthemum
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read きく, きくじ)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 菊

    Given names 菊(きく)Listen

    Surnames 菊(きくじ)Listen

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  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    chrysanthemum

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    chrysanthemum

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    (bound form) chrysanthemum

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    chrysanthemum

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    A flower name. Anciently written as 鞠 (chrysanthemum). Stem is slightly woody. Leaves have notches. Blooms in late autumn. Varieties are extremely numerous. Li Shizhen said there are nine hundred varieties. Tao Hongjing distinguished two types. Those with purple stems, fragrant aroma, and sweet taste are true chrysanthemums. Those with green stems that smell like mugwort, taste bitter and are inedible are called 苦薏. That is wild chrysanthemum.

  • Onyomi

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    kiku(キク) キク

  • Kunyomi

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    none

  • Strokes

    tip

    11 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    艸 艹 (kusa・kusakammuri・soko)

  • Related Keywords

    chrysanthemum flower bloom autumn botanical flora garden petal plant yellow

Sentences including 菊

  • Chrysanthemums smell sweet.

  • She stopped picking daisies.

  • Radioactive contamination was detected in spinach and edible chrysanthemum.

  • She grows flowers such as tulips, pansies and daisies.

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