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菊

jú

Character

What 菊 means

1. bound formchrysanthemum

Example sentences

• 菊花很香。
  Júhuā hěn xiāng.
  Chrysanthemums smell sweet.
• 在钢铁大厦的旁边有许多的雏菊。
  Zài gāngtiě dàshà de pángbiān yǒu xǔduō de chújú.
  There are daisies next to the steel building.
• 那里有许多雏菊围绕着钢铁大厦。
  Nàli yǒu xǔduō chújú wéirào zhe gāngtiě dàshà.
  There are daisies around the steel building.

Words starting with 菊

• 菊花jú huāchrysanthemum; (TCM) chrysanthemum flower; (slang) anus
• 菊池Jú chíKikuchi (Japanese surname and place name)
• 菊科jú kēAsteraceae or Compositae (composites), a large family of dicotyledonous plants producing…
• 菊粉jú fěn(biochemistry) inulin (aka fructosan)
• 菊糖jú táng(biochemistry) inulin (aka fructosan)
• 菊花茶jú huā cháchrysanthemum tea
• 菊芋jú yùJerusalem artichoke
• 菊苣jú jùchicory

Words containing 菊

• 戴菊dài jú(bird species of China) goldcrest (Regulus regulus)
• 甘菊gān júchamomile
• 甜菊tián júStevia, South American sunflower genus; sugarleaf (Stevia rebaudiana), bush whose leaves…
• 苦菊kǔ júendive
• 豆菊dòu júfried tofu skin (typically used as a hot pot ingredient)
• 黄菊huáng júyellow chrysanthemum; wine
• 戴菊鸟dài jú niǎokinglet; bird of Regulus genus
• 春黄菊chūn huáng júyellow chrysanthemum; chamomile (Anthemis spp.)
• 洋甘菊yáng gān júMatricaria recutita; chamomile
• 爆菊花bào jú huā(slang) to stick sth up the anus; to have anal intercourse
• 甜菊糖tián jú tángstevioside
• 银胶菊yín jiāo júguayule (Parthenium argentatum); congress weed (Parthenium hysterophorus)
• 大波斯菊dà bō sī júcosmos (Cosmos bipinnatus), flowering herbaceous plant
• 春黄菊属chūn huáng jú shǔAnthemis, genus of flowers in Compositae including chamomile
• 台湾戴菊Tái wān dài jú(bird species of China) flamecrest (Regulus goodfellowi)
• 金冠戴菊jīn guān dài júgoldcrest (Regulus regulus); gold-crowned kinglet
• 金顶戴菊jīn dǐng dài júgoldcrest (Regulus satrapa)
• 金顶戴菊鸟jīn dǐng dài jú niǎogoldcrest (Regulus satrapa)
• 雏菊chú júdaisy
• 雏菊花环chú jú huā huándaisy chain; chain sinnet
• 茉莉菊酯mò lì jú zhǐjasmolin
• 甲氰菊酯jiǎ qíng jú zhǐfenpropathrin (insecticide)
• 甜菊苷tián jú gānstevioside
• 甜菊糖苷tián jú táng gānstevioside

Characters built on 匊

These share the phonetic component 匊 (jū), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 鞠jūto incline (one's torso); to bow; leather ball used in ancient times…
• 掬jūto hold in one's hands; classifier for a double handful; Taiwan pr. jú
• 麴Qūsurname Qu
• 踘jūleather ball; Taiwan pr. jú

Characters that look like 菊

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 商shāngcommerce; merchant; dealer
• 萄táoused in 葡萄
• 葛gékudzu (Pueraria lobata); hemp cloth
• 莪ézedoary (Curcuma zedoaria), plant rhizome similar to turmeric
• 莠yǒuSetaria viridis; vicious
• 菖chāngsee 菖蒲

Sounds the same

Read jú, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 局narrow
• 橘mandarin orange (Citrus reticulata); tangerine
• 焗(dialect) to cook in salt or sand, inside a sealed pot; to steam; to bake
• 鵙a shrike
• 椈Fagus sylvatica
• 輂horse carriage (old)
• 郹place name
• 挶structure for carrying dirt
• 锔curium (chemistry)
• 桔variant of 橘
• 䴗variant of 鵙