菊
菊 — Chrysanthemum
chrysanthemum
On’yomiキク (kiku)
Kun’yomi—
Stroke order (11 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 菊
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 菊 | きく kiku | chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum morifolium) |
| 菊花 | きっか kikka | chrysanthemum flower |
| 白菊 | しらぎく shiragiku | white chrysanthemum |
| 野菊 | のぎく nogiku | wild chrysanthemum; aster |
Study notes
菊 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 11 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1287 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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