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Kanji for Chrysanthemum
The kanji for “chrysanthemum” is 菊, read kiku and written in 11 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
chrysanthemum
The chrysanthemum, the flower of the Japanese imperial family.
The imperial seal is a sixteen-petal chrysanthemum.
11 strokes On reading キク (kiku) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: chrysanthemum
Readings used for names on Nazuke: kiku
In Japan it appears in about 167 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, in both boys’ and girls’ names.
Names written with 菊: Chiquita 菊生楽
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