野菊

Japanese

Kanji in this term
野 菊
の
Grade: 2		 きく > ぎく
Grade: S
yutōyomi

Etymology

From 野 (の) (no-, “wild”) + 菊 (きく) (kiku, “chrysanthemum”). The kiku changes to giku as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Noun

野菊 (hiragana のぎく, katakana ノギク, rōmaji nogiku)

  1. wild chrysanthemum
  2. Synonym of 嫁菜 (yomena, “Kalimeris”)

Derived terms

  • 野 (の)菊 (ぎく)野 (の) (Nogikuno, place name)
  • 荒 (アレ)地 (チ)野 (ノ)菊 (ギク) (arechi nogiku)

Proper noun

野菊 (hiragana のぎく, rōmaji Nogiku)

  1. A female given name
  2. A surname​.

References

  1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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