秋
autumn
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
20 of 194- 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
Study
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.