菊 jú chrysanthemum
How to remember 菊: 艹 grass + 匊 handful = chrysanthemum. For grandma's birthday the boy runs across the grass and comes back with a handful of flowers, holding up one yellow chrysanthemum.
Component breakdown
菊 = 艹 grass + 匊 handful
- 艹 grass
- 匊 handful
For grandma's birthday the boy runs across the grass and comes back with a handful of flowers, holding up one yellow chrysanthemum.
How it is used
- Chrysanthemum - 菊花 (júhuā) chrysanthemum, prized in autumn and used in 菊花茶 chrysanthemum tea.
- A symbol of the recluse/nobility and, in funerary contexts, of mourning - white 菊花 are given at funerals.
- One of the 四君子 (four gentlemen) plants (梅兰竹菊), associated with the poet Tao Yuanming.
- Bound in 菊花; the character names the flower specifically.