Kanji1 / 11
菊 kanji
chrysanthemum
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- Strokes
- 11
- School grade
- Secondary school
On readings
キク
Kun readings
NoneWords with 菊
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —電照菊chrysanthemum grown with artificial light
- —夏白菊feverfew (Tanacetum parthenium)
- —麦藁菊strawflower (Xerochrysum bracteatum); golden everlasting
- —掃溜菊shaggy soldier (Galinsoga quadriradiata); Peruvian daisy
- —菊の御紋imperial chrysanthemum crest
- —十日の菊something that comes too late and is useless; chrysanthemum blooming on the 10th (i.e. one day too late for the Chrysanthemum Festival)
- —野襤褸菊common groundsel (Senecio vulgaris)
- —菊の節句Chrysanthemum Festival (one of the five annual festivals; celebrated on the 9th day of the 9th lunar month)
- —菊花紋章imperial chrysanthemum crest; imperial seal of Japan
- —菊頭蝙蝠greater horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus ferrumequinum)
- —大金鶏菊tickseed (Coreopsis lanceolata); tickweed; sand coreopsis; lanceleaf tickseed
- —紫馬簾菊eastern purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea); purple coneflower
- —荒地野菊flax-leaf fleabane (Conyza bonariensis); hairy fleabane; Argentine fleabane
- —菊タブーchrysanthemum taboo; taboo about criticizing or parodying the Japanese royal family
- —菊池図形Kikuchi pattern
- —菊咲一華Anemone pseudoaltaica (anemone species)
- —菊池寛賞Kikuchi Kan Prize (cultural award)
- —ハルシャ菊plains coreopsis (Coreopsis tinctoria)
- —フランス菊oxeye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare); marguerite
- —菊びら回転prostitution in which anal sex services are provided by several women in rotation (esp. in "pink salons")