Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Textiles, Plants & Food

菊: chrysanthemum

JLPT N111 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

艹 carries the meaning · 匊 gives the sound

11 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

キクkiku · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 菊きくchrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum morifolium)
  • 菊花きっかchrysanthemum flower
  • 野菊のぎくwild chrysanthemum; aster
  • 白菊しらぎくwhite chrysanthemum

Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Where it comes from

Origin · sourced

Phono-semantic compound (形聲)艸, as 艹 (meaning) + 匊 (sound)

Source: Wiktionary, 菊 (rev. 93808597), CC BY-SA 4.0

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Plant (艹) + wrap (包) + rice/flower variant. A "plant" whose petals seem to "wrap" or overlap around its center—the beautiful chrysanthemum flower.”
From the 勹 to wrap story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
艹

Also built on grass (艹)

All 74
匊

Also built on 匊

Also read キク

1 kanji shares this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
菊 chrysanthemum · 艹 + 匊
vs釈 explanation · 釆 + 尺
菊 has 艹 + 匊 where 釈 has 釆 + 尺.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · jú

Same form: 菊 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
菊 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
菊 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin jú most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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