Where does “春菊” come from?

春菊 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 菊, from Middle Chinese 菊.

春菊 (Japanese): garland chrysanthemum (Glebionis coronaria)

Definitions

  1. garland chrysanthemum (Glebionis coronaria)

Ancestry of “春菊”, step by step

春菊 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 菊

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese菊a chrysanthemum; a kind of 家紋 with a...
2Middle Chinese菊—

via Japanese 春

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese春spring
2Middle Chinese春—
Every word from Middle Chinese 菊 →Every word from Japanese 菊 →