菊 jú
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 艹 — grass, weed, plant, herb
- Made of
- 艹 grass, weed, plant, herb 匊 handful
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
菊花
júhuā
chrysanthemum
Characters in this word
花 huā
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 艹 — grass, weed, plant, herb
- Made of
- 艹 grass, weed, plant, herb 化 to change, to convert, to reform
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 秋天一到，公园里的菊花便开得格外热闹。 Qiūtiān yí dào, gōngyuán lǐ de júhuā biàn kāi de géwài rènào. As soon as autumn arrives, the chrysanthemums in the park bloom especially vividly.
- 他送给奶奶一束黄色的菊花。 Tā sòng gěi nǎinai yí shù huángsè de júhuā. He gave Grandma a bunch of yellow chrysanthemums.
- 我们边喝菊花茶边聊天。 Wǒmen biān hē júhuā chá biān liáotiān. We chatted while drinking chrysanthemum tea.