Keyword
autumn
- fall
- year
- Frequency
- #1403
- Strokes
- 9
Readings
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Mnemonic
The time of year when farmers would burn 禾 crops 火
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in characters
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Used in vocabulary
春秋
Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC); Spring and Autumn Annals, chronicle of Lu State (722-481 BC)
秋
autumn; fall; harvest time
秋天
autumn
秋季
autumn; fall
中秋
the Mid-autumn festival, the traditional moon-viewing festival on the 15th of the 8th lunar month
千秋
a thousand years; your birthday (honorific)
中秋节
the Mid-Autumn Festival on 15th of 8th lunar month
秋千
swing (seat hung from a frame or branch)
秋叶原
Akihabara, region of downtown Tokyo famous for electronics stores
春秋战国
the Spring and Autumn (770-476 BC) and Warring States (475-221 BC) periods
秋水
limpid autumn waters (trad. description of girl's beautiful eyes)
瞿秋白
Qu Qiubai (1899-1935), politician, Soviet expert of the Chinese communists at time of Soviet influence, publisher and Russian translator, captured and executed by Guomindang at the time of the Long March
秋收
fall harvest; to reap
深秋
late autumn
金秋
fall; autumn
秋雨
autumn rain
秋叶
autumn leaf
秋日
autumn; fall
荡秋千
to swing (on a swing)
秋葵
okra (Abelmoschus esculentus)
初秋
early autumn; 7th month of the lunar calendar
秋田
Akita (prefecture and city in Japan); Akita dog (abbr. for 秋田犬 (qiūtiánquǎn))
春夏秋冬
the four seasons; spring, summer, autumn and winter
平分秋色
to both share the limelight; to both have an equal share of