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菊

chrysanthemum
Stroke count: 11

Readings

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JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. chrysanthemumRtK
    菊はよい香りがする。Chrysanthemums smell sweet.tatoeba
    彼女は雛菊を摘むのをやめた。She stopped picking daisies.tatoeba
  1. chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum morifolium)

Radicals and components

Radical艸grass
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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flowers (艹) · rice cooker · bound up (乙) · rice (米)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 996

Compound words

池田菊苗いけだきくなえ
Kikunae Ikeda (1864–1936), chemist who identified umami as a taste and isolated glutamate.
白菊しらぎく
white chrysanthemum
一菊いっきく
one scoop (of water)
黄菊きぎく
yellow chrysanthemum
夏菊なつぎく
early chrysanthemums
菊花きっか
chrysanthemum flower
菊石きくいし
ammonite (traditional name)
菊膾きくなます
boiled chrysanthemum petals pickled in vinegar
菊鱠きくなます
boiled chrysanthemum petals pickled in vinegar
菊の花きくのはな
chrysanthemum flower
菊花膾きくかなます
boiled chrysanthemum petals pickled in vinegar
菊花鱠きくかなます
boiled chrysanthemum petals pickled in vinegar
菊牛蒡きくごぼう
scorzonera (Scorzonera hispanica)
菊作りきくづくり
chrysanthemum growing
菊人形きくにんぎょう
doll clothed in chrysanthemum flowers and branches
菊萵苣きくぢしゃ
endive (Cichorium endivia)
繍線菊しもつけ
Japanese spirea (Spiraea Japonica)
菊のご紋きくのごもん
imperial chrysanthemum crest
菊の御紋きくのごもん
imperial chrysanthemum crest
野襤褸菊のぼろぎく
common groundsel (Senecio vulgaris)
大勲位菊花大綬章だいくんいきくかだいじゅしょう
Grand Cordon of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum

Additional Examples

彼女はチューリップ、パンジーやひな菊のような花を育てている。
She grows flowers such as tulips, pansies and daisies.tatoeba

Stroke Order

11 strokes

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