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菊

chrysanthemum
Stroke count: 11

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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)

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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

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

Real voices: how native speakers say it

These sentences were read aloud by real people — native Japanese speakers — for the open Mozilla Common Voice project. Listen to how a phrase sounds in real speech: the intonation, the pace, the way words run together. Two speakers mean two different people read it — compare them.

菊の花で出来た箱の底は真っ白いラグのようになっている。
きくのはなでできたはこのそこはまっしろいらぐのようになっている。A box made of chrysanthemum flowers with a bright white rug-like bottom.
箱一杯、底が見えないくらいに菊の花が。
はこいちはい、そこがみえないくらいにきくのはなが。A box full of chrysanthemums, the bottom hidden from view.
隣の席の菊池君は、前髪が長い
となりのせきのきくちくんは、まえがみがながいKikuchi, who sits next to me, has long bangs

Recordings and sentences: Mozilla Common Voice, CC0

Stroke Order

11 strokes

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