Kanji1 / 9
秋 kanji
autumn
- JLPT level
- N4 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- Grade 2 (elementary school)
On readings
シュウ
Kun readings
あきとき
Variant forms
穐龝Words with 秋
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —秋扇fan in autumn (esp. one that is no longer used); outdated item that has fallen into disuse; woman who has lost a man's affection or interest
- —秋耕plowing right after the autumn harvest
- —来秋next autumn; next fall
- —秋月autumn moon; harvest moon
- —秋雪autumn snow; fall snow
- —秋夕autumn evening
- —秋雲autumn clouds; white, wispy clouds in a clear autumn sky
- —秋冬autumn and winter; fall and winter
- —毎秋every fall; every autumn
- —早秋early autumn
- —秋陽autumn sunlight; autumn sunshine
- —秋夜autumn night; fall evening
- —白秋autumn (from the five elements in Chinese philosophy)
- —秋明菊Japanese anemone; Anemone hupehensis var. japonica
- —秋分点autumn equinoctal point
- —秋海棠hardy begonia (Begonia grandis)
- —中秋節Mid-Autumn Festival (in Chinese and Vietnamese culture); Moon Festival; Mooncake Festival
- —秋分の日Autumnal Equinox Day (national holiday celebrated by honoring ancestors and remembering the deceased; September 22, 23 or 24)
- —一日千秋(waiting) impatiently; (spending) many a weary day; each moment seeming like an eternity
- —秋霜烈日harshness; severity