黄菊 (huángjú): yellow chrysanthemum

Yellow chrysanthemums are a classic autumn image in Chinese poetry, especially around the Double Ninth Festival (重阳节 Chóngyáng jié), when people drink chrysanthemum wine for longevity.

In Pop Culture

采菊东篱下，悠然见南山 Cǎi jú dōng lí xià, yōurán jiàn Nánshān

Picking chrysanthemums by the eastern fence, I gaze leisurely at the southern mountain

Tao Yuanming's (陶渊明) most famous couplet, fixing the chrysanthemum as the symbol of the recluse-poet.

Stroke Order

黄 huáng

菊 jú

Related Words

黄酒 huángjiǔ #68,849

yellow wine (Chinese rice wine) / mulled rice wine served warm

金菊 jīnjú

yellow chrysanthemum; golden chrysanthemum / (literary) chrysanthemum in autumn bloom; figurative for autumn beauty

黄板 huángbǎn

yellow sticky board (pest-trap panel used in agriculture) / yellow plank

黄蝶 huángdié

yellow butterfly (common name for Eurema and Colias species) / any butterfly with predominantly yellow wings

黄河刀鱼 huánghédāoyú

Yellow River knife fish (Coilia nasus) / anadromous tapertail anchovy of the Yellow River

黄河之水天上来 huánghézhīshuǐtiānshànglái

the waters of the Yellow River come from the sky / an awe-inspiring, unstoppable force / opening image of Li Bai's 'Bring in the Wine'

黄桃罐头 huángtáoguàntou

canned yellow peaches / tinned yellow peaches in syrup

黄色预警 huángsèyùjǐng

yellow alert / yellow warning (third-highest tier)

黄不溜秋 huángbuliūqiū

dirty yellow / an unattractive yellowish color / sickly yellow

人比黄花瘦 rénbǐhuánghuāshòu

the person has grown thinner than the yellow chrysanthemum / (fig.) wasting away from lovesickness or long separation — the supreme image of the lover's pining / (lit.) person — compared-to — yellow — flower — thin