秋 — Chinese character
秋
qiū
autumn, fall; year
- Pinyin
- qiū
- Radical
- 115 ⽲ (Grain)
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- 禾 火
- Formation
- ideographic — The time of year when farmers would burn 禾 crops 火
- Traditional
- 鞦
- Japanese
- 秋 as a kanji
Common words with 秋
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 春秋 | chūn qiū | spring and autumn; four seasons |
| 秋天 | qiū tiān | autumn; 个 (gè) |
| 秋季 | qiū jì | autumn; fall |
| 千秋 | qiān qiū | a thousand years; your birthday (honorific) |
| 秋千 (鞦韆) | qiū qiān | swing (seat hung from a frame or branch) |
| 秋水 | qiū shuǐ | limpid autumn waters (trad. description of girl's beautiful eyes) |
| 秋收 | qiū shōu | fall harvest; to reap |
| 深秋 | shēn qiū | late autumn |
| 金秋 | jīn qiū | fall; autumn |
| 秋雨 | qiū yǔ | autumn rain |
| 秋叶 (秋葉) | qiū yè | autumn leaf |
| 秋日 | qiū rì | autumn; fall |
English words written with 秋
秋 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Art of War 1 · Mencius 15 · Zhuangzi 25 · Doctrine of the Mean 1
- Art of War 4.10
- Mencius 1A.7
- Mencius 1B.4
- Mencius 3A.4
- Mencius 3B.9
- Mencius 4B.21
- Mencius 6A.9
- Mencius 6B.7
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.