菊 chrysanthemum; long life 艹,匊,

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キク
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艹

カン,あげまき,あらがね,くさかんむり emerging shafts, stalks, stems, shoots

　PLANTS, VEGETATION, FLOWERS, EMERGING SHAFTS, BUDDY SYSTEM
…or: ERECTION and ROD within CAVITIES
…or: EMERGE with STALKS, STEMS
…or: TWENTY, MULTIPLE SCREWINGS, PENETRATING SHAFTS, ARRAY OF RODS
…or: HAIR-RAISING PREPUBESCENT YOUNG VIRGIN DIVA
…or: DIVINE, CRESTING HEAD CONDITIONS WHEN ONE'S ROD IS RAISED
…or: DEEP SHAFT
…or: multiple FILLED COMPLETELY PERFECTLY FULL SCREWINGS, ROTATIONS, TWISTINGS, TURNINGS, NEEDLES, TENS
　

匊

キク,コク,むす,すく,たなごころ receiving with both hands, disciplinary action, beating; receive an outpouring into both hands; holding in both hands, a handful

　WRAPPED and STICKY BLOB OR SPLAT
　

Meanings of elements

FLOWER that is a HANDFUL
…or: EMERGING SHAFTS and PALMS FULL OF SEED
…or: EMERGING SHAFTS and RECEIVING WITH BOTH HANDS, DISCIPLINE, BEATING, RECEIVE AN OUTPOURING INTO BOTH HANDS, HOLDING IN BOTH HANDS, A HANDFUL
…or: EMERGING SHAFTS with HEAD TENSE and WRAPPED with STICKY SPLAT

CHRYSANTHEMUMS, particularly all the petals, might appear as does a「flower handful.」As the symbol of Japan and the emperor, with rice being the most important crop, the center element as「rice」seems to apply. Lower elements mean a「palm full, a handful of something, wrapped with sticky seed wad.」Lower elements as an old stand-alone glyph in China meant「discipline, spanking it, grabbing a handful.」
　CHRYSANTHEMUMS apparently were native to China formerly, with some recorded descriptions of their cultivation dated 3,500 years ago. Rumored to have been first introduced into Japan 2,300 years later, around the eighth century, when the Chinese suggested that the flower be used to represent the Japanese emperor and his authority over the people of Japan, with specimens as gifts for the Japanese emperor himself…not likely intended as a compliment at the time, considering the elemental meanings of this glyph. Most likely, this occurred while the Japanese emperor's representatives were visiting China to complain about the glyph first assigned by the Chinese to represent Japan (meaning 'behaviorally submissive, physically short, lame, dwarf, person with gonorrhea-ridden female.' See 倭 for details) and the region of Japan was then assigned the name 日 or 曰, and 本 or 夲…see those glyphs for further historical insults of Japan by the Chinese, along with 'imbecile, ignoramus' (龺). CHRYSANTHEMUMS (in particular, the many long drooping petals) are ascribed to being a symbol of LONG LIFE, as also described by the glyphs 寿 and 壽, since chrysanthemums have a long flowering period, longer than most any other flower. In China, the「Chrysanthemum Gate」often abbreviated as chrysanthemum flower (菊花), is slang meaning「anus」(with sexual connotations)
　　[　https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysanthemum#cite_ref-19 2017-04-17　]…hope that clears up how this flower became associated with Japan, and in particular, the Japanese emperor and his throne.

Modern definitions (that generally disregard history) …excluding politically incorrect concepts and other meanings deemed offensive today; may list only pigeonholed definitions, euphemisms, or meaningless mnemonics)
Chinese: chrysanthemum
Japanese: chrysanthemum, scorzonera, Spanish salsify, viper's grass
Unihan extended: chrysanthemum
EDRDG: chrysanthemum

Always keep in mind that these glyphs were originally created by groups of clever old men as vulgar riddles and analogies for their own entertainment (see 籒 for that) and represented Chinese society many thousands of years ago, and not as a written or spoken language. If these glyphs had been intended for language use, the sages could not have possibly designed a worse system. Is it truly possible that all these glyphs started out as off-color jokes and puzzles? Yes! It is! Sex had no shame in ancient China. Why would it? And now, there is a cover-up. No one is suggesting these glyphs depict contemporary life in China, Japan, or anywhere else. This site describes glyph meanings, not people. These glyphs however, describe many and various things, including people, long before there were any notions of becoming politically incorrect. The question to be answered is, should these glyphs continue being used, by anyone, anywhere, for expressing language? (More...) Despite how bad the human world is today, do you actually believe that the so-called good old days were any better? Or they could only have been worse?

By the way, with a limited number of the same elements used by the sages again and again to form these glyphs, you should expect to find the same explanations again and again, as tedious as that may become, and as an inherent trait of any dictionary. This site explains the dual meanings of glyphs most often ignored by other sources that provide you with only the sanctioned definition, generally.