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Kanji Detail for 秋 - "autumn, fall"

秋

  • Meaning

    秋 means "autumn, fall." Also associated with harvest.

    1. Autumn - The fall season.

    2. Time - A period; an era; an age.

    3. Year - Harvest time; annual cycle.

  • Words using 秋

    • 今秋 こんしゅう Listen this autumn; this fall; autumn of this year
    • 昨秋 さくしゅう Listen autumn of last year; fall of last year
    • 春秋 しゅんじゅう Listen spring and autumn; spring and fall; years
    • 秋季 しゅうき Listen fall season; autumn season
    • 秋口 あきぐち Listen beginning of autumn; beginning of fall
    • 秋風 あきかぜ Listen autumn breeze; fall breeze
    • 春夏秋冬 しゅんかしゅうとう Listen spring, summer, autumn (fall) and winter; the four seasons
    • 秋分 しゅうぶん Listen autumnal equinox; autumn equinox; fall equinox

  • Four-character idioms with 秋

    • 春夏秋冬 しゅんかしゅうとう Listen spring, summer, autumn (fall) and winter; the four seasons
    • 一日三秋 いちじつさんしゅう Listen (waiting) impatiently; (spending) many a weary day; each moment seeming like an eternity
    • 一日千秋 いちじつせんしゅう Listen (waiting) impatiently; (spending) many a weary day; each moment seeming like an eternity
    • 千秋万歳 せんしゅうばんぜい Listen may you live a thousand years
    • 媚眼秋波 びがんしゅうは Listen casting a coquettish glance (at a man)
    • 春花秋月 しゅんかしゅうげつ Listen spring flowers and the autumn moon; beauty of nature as it changes from season to season

  • Origin of 秋

    The oldest forms show a locust; 火, fire, joined it later and 禾, the grain plant, later still. Read from the seal form it is harvest and burn-off — autumn's smell of grain and smoke.

    How to remember it: Ripe grain 禾 on one side, fire 火 on the other — harvest and burn-off: autumn.

    Sources: en.wiktionary.org · mojinavi.com

  • Tattoo check: 秋

    • Verified meaning: autumn, fall
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read あき, あきさき, あきすえ, あきつぐ)
    • Also carries these associations: harvest

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 秋

    Given names 秋(あき)Listen 秋(おさむ)Listen 秋(しゅう)Listen 秋(とき)Listen 秋(みのり)Listen 秋(みのる)Listen

    Surnames 秋(あきさき)Listen 秋(あきすえ)Listen 秋(あきつぐ)Listen 秋(あきのり)Listen 秋(しゅうじ)Listen 秋(ちゅう)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    autumn

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    autumn, fall; year

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Qiu

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    autumn, fall; year

  • Onyomi

    tip

    shuu(シュウ) シュウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    aki(あき) あき

    toki(とき) とき

  • Strokes

    tip

    9 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    禾 (nogi・nogihen)

  • Related Keywords

    autumn fall harvest time years season foliage grain

Sentences including 秋

  • Fall is when we can study best.

  • I like autumn best.

  • Fall is when we can study best.

  • They got married last fall.

  • As a rule , we have a lot of rain in fall.

  • We moved to new york last fall.

  • Paris is best in autumn.

  • In fall they go back to school.

  • I'm going to paris this fall.

  • The leaves turn red in the fall.

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