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菊 = 米 + 勹 + 艹
菊 is a Japanese kanji written with 11 strokes, listed here under the keyword “chrysanthemum”. It is built from 米 (rice), 勹 (bound up) and 艹 (mugwort). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 996.
- Keyword
- chrysanthemum
- RTK frame
- 996
- Strokes
- 11
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- キク
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- хризантема
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 菊 chrysanthemum
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 菊 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “rice” + “bound up” + “mugwort”. 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.