菊

菊 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 廿心火木 (TPFD), four-corner 4492₇, composition ⿱艹匊)

• KangXi: page 1037, character 11
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31153
• Dae Jaweon: page 1495, character 19
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3238, character 1
• Unihan data for U+83CA
• Unihan data for U+2F9A1

Historical forms of the character 菊
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kuɡ) : semantic 艹 + phonetic 匊 (OC *kluɡ).

菊

1. (literary, or in compounds) chrysanthemum
2. (in compounds) A plant of Asteraceae or with chrysanthemum-like flowers

   雛菊／雏菊  ―  chújú  ―  Bellis perennis

   松葉菊／松叶菊  ―  sōngyèjú  ―  Lampranthus spectabilis

3. (slang, euphemistic) anus; asshole
4. a surname: Ju

• (chrysanthemum):

• “菊”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

• Go-on: きく (kiku, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: きく (kiku, Jōyō)
• Nanori: あき (aki); ひ (hi)

菊 (kiku): silver chrysanthemum, Chrysanthemum japonense, one of many chrysanthemum species

From Middle Chinese 菊 (MC kɨuk̚).

• (Tokyo) きく​ [kìkúꜜ] (Odaka – [2])[1]
• (Tokyo) きく [kìkú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
• IPA^(key): [kʲikɯ̟ᵝ]

菊(きく) • (kiku) 

1. (botany) a chrysanthemum

   Synonyms: 河原薺蒿 (kawara ohagi), 河原艾 (kawara yomogi)

2. a kind of 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”) with a chrysanthemum flower design
3. Short for 菊襲 (kikugasane): a type of 襲の色目 (kasane no irome, “garment-layering color combination”) with white on the front and purple/sappanwood red on the back
4. a loop in the shape of a chrysanthemum flower
5. Short for 菊腸 (kikuwata): the intestines of a cod, resembling that of a chrysanthemum flower
6. (card games) a suit in 花札 (hanafuda), representing the month of September
7. in a 京阪 (Keihan) vegetable market, a sign representing the number 9
8. (euphemistic) the anus

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as キク.

菊(きく) • (Kiku) 

1. a female given name

From Middle Chinese 菊 (MC kɨuk̚). Recorded as Middle Korean 국〮 (kwúk) (Yale: kwuk) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Wikisource 菊 (eumhun 국화 국 (gukhwa guk))

1. Hanja form^? of 국 (“chrysanthemum”).

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

菊: Hán Nôm readings: cúc

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