菊 — kanji meaning “chrysanthemum”
菊
chrysanthemum
- Meanings
- chrysanthemum
- On'yomi
- キク (kiku)
- Kun'yomi
- —
- Strokes
- 11
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1287 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 140
- Chinese reading
- jú — Chinese character page
Words with 菊
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 白菊 | しらぎく shiragiku | white chrysanthemum |
| 菊花 | きっか kikka | chrysanthemum flower |
| 野菊 | のぎく nogiku | wild chrysanthemum; aster |
| 春菊 | しゅんぎく shungiku | edible chrysanthemum (Glebionis coronaria); crown daisy; garland chrysanthemum |
| 菊月 | きくづき kikuzuki | ninth month in the lunar calendar |
| 雛菊 | ひなぎく hinagiku | daisy (Bellis perennis); English daisy |
| 小菊 | こぎく kogiku | small chrysanthemum |
| 乱菊 | らんぎく rangiku | pattern made from chrysanthemums with disordered petals (esp. used on family crests) |
| 除虫菊 | じょちゅうぎく jochuugiku | Dalmatian chrysanthemum (Tanacetum cinerariifolium); Dalmatian pyrethrum; Dalmatian pellitory |
| 菊菜 | きくな kikuna | edible chrysanthemum (Glebionis coronaria); crown daisy; garland chrysanthemum |
| 菊芋 | きくいも kikuimo | Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus); topinambur; girasol |
| 菊の節句 | きくのせっく kikunosekku | Chrysanthemum Festival (one of the five annual festivals; celebrated on the 9th day of the 9th lunar month) |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.