秋
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autumn; fall; harvest time
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Dict coverage rank #680 U+79CB
How 秋 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
The time of year when farmers would burn 禾 crops 火
How to remember it
autumn · Heisig RSH #768
wild rice + 火 fire
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 秋 as their sound component
These characters all use 秋 (qiū) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 秋 sound component | qiū | autumn, fall; year |
| 愁 | chóu | anxious, worried |
| 揪 | jiū | to pinch, to grasp |
| 瞅 | chǒu | to see, to look at, to gaze at |
| 锹 | qiāo | shovel |
| 啾 | jiū | the wailing of a child |
| 楸 | qiū | Mallotus japonicus |
| 鳅 | qiū | loach |
| 鹙 | qiū | waterfowl; Garrulus glandarius |
| 愀 | qiǎo | anxious; blushing; to change one's countenance |
| 湫 | jiǎo | marsh, swamp, small pond |
| 鬏 | jiū | coiffure, topknot |
Words containing 秋
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一日三秋 | yī rì sān qiū | a single day apart seems like three seasons (idiom) |
| 多事之秋 | duō shì zhī qiū | (idiom) troubled times; eventful period |
| 平分秋色 | píng fēn qiū sè | to both share the limelight; to both have an equal share of |
| 春秋战国时代 | Chūn qiū Zhàn guó Shí dài | the Spring and Autumn (770-476 BC) and Warring States (475-221 BC) periods; Eastern Zhou (… |
| 一日不见，如隔三秋 | yī rì bù jiàn , rú gé sān qiū | one day apart seems like three years (idiom) |
| 秋分点 | qiū fēn diǎn | the autumn equinox |
| 中秋节 | Zhōng qiū jié | the Mid-Autumn Festival on 15th of 8th lunar month |
| 一雨成秋 | yī yǔ chéng qiū | a sudden shower towards the end of summer brings an abrupt arrival of autumn (idiom) |
| 秋风过耳 | qiū fēng guò ěr | lit. as the autumn breeze passes the ear (idiom); not in the least concerned |
| 春秋战国 | Chūn qiū Zhàn guó | the Spring and Autumn (770-476 BC) and Warring States (475-221 BC) periods |
| 秋收起义 | Qiū shōu Qǐ yì | Autumn Harvest Uprising (1927), insurrection in Hunan and Jiangxi provinces led by Mao Zed… |
| 一叶知秋 | yī yè zhī qiū | lit. the falling of one leaf heralds the coming of autumn (idiom); fig. a small sign can i… |
| 春秋三传 | Chūn qiū Sān Zhuàn | Three Commentaries on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋[Chun1 qiu1], including Mr Gongyang's… |
| 老气横秋 | lǎo qì héng qiū | old and decrepit; proud of one's age and experience (idiom) |
| 春秋时代 | Chūn qiū Shí dài | Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC) |
| 秋水 | qiū shuǐ | limpid autumn waters (trad. description of girl's beautiful eyes) |
| 中秋 | Zhōng qiū | the Mid-autumn festival, the traditional moon-viewing festival on the 15th of the 8th luna… |
| 秋天 | qiū tiān | autumn; CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 金秋 | jīn qiū | fall; autumn |
| 秋分 | Qiū fēn | Qiufen or Autumn Equinox, 16th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 23rd September-7th Octobe… |