菊花|きっかkikka[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounchrysanthemum flower

• Synonym菊きくNeutralThe everyday word for the chrysanthemum plant or its flower; the most common choice in daily use, and also the imperial family's crest.
• Synonym菊の花きくのはなNeutralThe everyday, native-Japanese way to say chrysanthemum flower; more colloquial than the on'yomi 「菊花」.
• Synonymキクの花NeutralA katakana spelling of 「菊の花」 with the same meaning, tending to appear as a botanical label.
• Related隠逸花WrittenAn elegant literary name for the chrysanthemum, alluding to it as a hermit among flowers (「菊、花之隠逸者也」); written/formal prose, very rare.
• Related長月花WrittenA literary alternative name meaning the flower of 「長月」, the old ninth lunar month; archaic and very rarely used.
• Related隠君子WrittenAn elegant literary name likening the chrysanthemum to a hermit of noble purity; written/formal prose, very rare.

In daily speech use 「菊」 or 「菊の花」; 「菊花」 is the on'yomi, more written, and also names the chrysanthemum crest, as in 「菊花紋章」. 「隠逸花」, 「長月花」 and 「隠君子」 are archaic literary bynames, rarely used; 「キクの花」 is a katakana, botanical-style spelling of 「菊の花」.

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1. 菊きくの花はな。
2. 菊きくの花はなをかたどった紋章もんしょう。