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秋
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇨🇳🇯🇵🇰🇷

autumn

HSK 2 N3
Abstract →Time
qiū
シュウ
あき、とき
추
Originally a pictograph of a cricket, since cricket chirps indicate the beginning of autumn. Later the character was reanalyzed as 禾 (grain) + 火 (fire).
Components
禾 standing grain+ 火 fire =
秋 autumn
禾 Iconic component
hé standing grain
grain still on stalk
Autumn is the season for harvesting grain.
火 Iconic component
huǒ fire
fire, flame
Autumn leaves have a fiery color.
Notes
Similar Characters
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Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
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Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
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Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
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Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
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(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Bronze
Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
秋
Regular
Modern
Chinese
秋 [Qiū]
surname Qiu
秋 [qiū]
autumn; fall; harvest time
Japanese
秋 あき 同音
nounadverb autumn; fall
時 、 刻 、 秋 とき 同音

noun

  1. time; hour; moment (刻 signifies a time of day; 秋 signifies an important time)
  2. occasion; case
  3. chance; opportunity; season
  4. the times; the age; the day
  5. grammar tense
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (3)
秋には木の葉が落ちる。
Leaves fall in the autumn.
１２才の時彼は声変わりした。
His voice broke when he was twelve.
車を運転する時はいくら注意してもしすぎることはない。
You cannot be too careful when you drive a car.
Japanese Names
秋 あき
Aki female given namesurname
秋 あきさき
Akisaki surname
秋 あきすえ
Akisue unclassified name
秋 あきつぐ
Akitsugu unclassified name
秋 あきのり
Akinori unclassified name
秋 おさむ
Osamu given name
秋 しゅう
Shuu female given namesurname
秋 しゅうじ
Shuuji unclassified name
秋 ちゅう
Chuu surname
秋 とき
Toki female given name
秋 みのり
Minori female given name
秋 みのる
Minoru given name
CHINESE WORDS (170)
秋天 [qiū​tiān] #6,453
autumn
秋季 [qiū​jì] #10,208
autumn
春秋 [Chūn​qiū] #34,002
Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC)
秋千 [qiū​qiān] #14,123
swing (seat hung from a frame or branch)
中秋 [Zhōng​qiū] #59,470
the Mid-autumn festival, the traditional moon-viewing festival on the 15th of the 8th lunar month
千秋 [qiān​qiū] #27,001
a thousand years
荡秋千 [dàng​qiū​qiān] #21,335
to swing (on a swing)
秋收 [qiū​shōu] #43,650
fall harvest
金秋 [jīn​qiū] #46,053
fall
中秋节 [Zhōng​qiū​jié] #17,479
the Mid-Autumn Festival on 15th of 8th lunar month
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JAPANESE WORDS (194)
⭐ 時 [とき] #135
time
千秋 [せんしゅう] #26,912
thousand years
秋田 [あきた] #30,724
Akita (city, prefecture)
⭐ 秋風 [あきかぜ] #33,819
autumn breeze
晩秋 [ばんしゅう] #35,276
late autumn (fall)
秋月 [しゅうげつ] #42,409
autumn moon
⭐ 春秋 [しゅんじゅう] #43,454
spring and autumn
初秋 [しょしゅう] #43,615
early autumn (fall)
⭐ 秋晴れ [あきばれ] #44,743
clear autumnal weather
秋空 [あきぞら] #46,326
autumn sky
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KOREAN WORDS (11)
추수 #10,495
fall harvest
만추
late autumn
입추
ipchu
천추
very long time; forever
추계
fall season
추분
chubun
추석
Chuseok
추파
ogle; amorous glance
추호
a little bit
춘추
spring and fall
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