Usage patterns 〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 に 菊きく を 供そな える to offer chrysanthemums at (a grave, altar, etc.)
I offered chrysanthemums at the grave.
菊きく を 栽さい 培ばい する to grow/cultivate chrysanthemums
My grandfather grows chrysanthemums in his garden.
Expressions 十とお 日か の 菊きく too late to be useful; a day late and a dollar short Counted with 菊 is counted with 輪 when referring to individual flower blossoms, as with most cut or blooming flowers.
Counts planted trees and shrubs at the root — literary; everyday speech usually uses 本 or 株 .
For rooted plants and clumps — garden plants, shrubs, seedlings.
Word family· 75 Show 12 more Show fewer chrysanthemum pattern with disordered petals
cornflower; bluebottle
small chrysanthemum · small piece of Japanese paper; low-grade Japanese paper · paper tip (red-light district)
one scoop (of water)
medium-sized chrysanthemum
Alaskan arnica (Arnica unalascensis)
winter chrysanthemum
first chrysanthemum of the year
early chrysanthemums; summer chrysanthemums
winter chrysanthemum
late-blooming chrysanthemum
Erigeron thunbergii (species of flowering plant)
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Written forms 菊きく Usage 75%
Standard kanji spelling; high frequency in news and general use.
キク Usage 14%
kana-only spelling
Katakana spelling used in botanical contexts or for emphasis; less common in everyday writing.
きく Usage 11%
Etymology The kanji 菊 has been used for this flower since ancient times in China and was adopted into Japanese. The word きく is a native Japanese reading (kun'yomi) of the character.
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