きく

See also: ぎく

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of きく – see the following entries.

【聞く】 [verb] 聞く, 聴く: to hear, to listen [verb] 聞く: to obey [verb] 聞く, 訊く: to ask a question [verb] 聞く: to smell, sniff Alternative spellings 聴く, 訊く

【効く】 [verb] to be effective; have effect; act upon [verb] to work; to hold; to have [verb] to be able to be applied; can be used (of system)

【菊】S [noun] a chrysanthemum [noun] a kind of 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”) with a chrysanthemum flower design [noun] Short for 菊襲 (kikugasane): a type of 襲の色目 (kasane no irome, “garment-layering color combination”) with white overlayers and purple/sappanwood red inner layers [noun] a loop in the shape of a chrysanthemum flower [noun] Short for 菊腸 (kikuwata): the intestines of a cod, resembling that of a chrysanthemum flower [noun] (card games) a suit in 花札 (hanafuda), representing the month of September [noun] in a 京阪 (Keihan) vegetable market, a sign representing the number 9 [noun] (euphemistic) the anus [proper noun] a female given name Alternative spelling キク

【起句】 [noun] Opening section of a piece of writing. [noun] The first line of a traditional poem.

(This term, きく (kiku), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.) For a list of all kanji read as きく, see Category:Japanese kanji read as きく.)