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秋

autumn

JLPTN4StatusJōyō · grade 2FrequencyTop 1,000Strokes9

Readings

On'yomi

  • シュウ

Kun'yomi

  • あき
  • とき

Nanori

  • あい

Meaning

秋 centers on the season of autumn, the time of harvest and cooling weather.

Most common words using 秋

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  • 秋あき
    N5

    autumn; fall

  • 秋田あきた

    Akita (city, prefecture)

  • 秋刀魚さんま

    Pacific saury (Cololabis saira); mackerel pike

  • 千秋せんしゅう

    thousand years; many years

  • 秋冬しゅうとう

    autumn and winter; fall and winter

  • 秋月しゅうげつ

    autumn moon; harvest moon

  • 千秋楽せんしゅうらく

    final day of a performance; closing date; final show

  • 秋季しゅうき

    fall season; autumn season

  • 春夏秋冬しゅんかしゅうとう
    N1

    spring, summer, autumn (fall) and winter; the four seasons

  • 春秋しゅんじゅう

    spring and autumn; spring and fall

  • 文藝春秋ぶんげいしゅんじゅう

    Bungeishunju (publishing company)

  • 今秋こんしゅう

    this autumn; this fall; autumn of this year

  • 秋津あきつ

    dragonfly

  • 秋祭りあきまつり

    autumn festival; fall festival; autumn matsuri

  • 秋風あきかぜ
    N1

    autumn breeze; fall breeze

  • 晩秋ばんしゅう

    late autumn (fall)

  • 中秋ちゅうしゅう

    15th day of the 8th lunar month

  • 秋桜あきざくら

    garden cosmos (Cosmos bipinnatus); Mexican aster

  • 秋色しゅうしょく

    autumn scenery; fall scenery

  • 秋分しゅうぶん
    N1

    autumnal equinox; autumn equinox; fall equinox

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Etymology

秋 combines 禾 (grain) and 火 (fire), traditionally explained as the season when grain is harvested and fields are burned after the harvest.

Meaning mnemonic

Grain 禾 and fire 火 together suggest autumn: the grain is ripe and the fields are burned after harvest.

Reading mnemonic

For シュウ, imagine a shoe stepping on fallen autumn leaves: shoe -> シュウ, and the crunch of leaves underfoot.