菊 = 艹 + 匊

菊 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “chrysanthemum”. It is built from 艹 (grass) and 匊 (handful).

Keyword: chrysanthemum
Pinyin (Mandarin): jú
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: хризантема
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 菊 chrysanthemum

Decomposition

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艹 grass
匊 handful

How to find 菊 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “grass” + “handful”. 菊 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 菊 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.