秋
autumn
9 strokes. Taught in grade 2. Newspaper frequency rank 635.
Readings
- あき (kun reading): 秋 (あき) autumn; 秋田 (あきた) Akita (city, prefecture)
- シュウ (on reading): 春秋 (しゅんじゅう) spring and autumn; 秋季 (しゅうき) fall season
- とき (kun reading): 危急存亡の秋 (ききゅうそんぼうのとき) crisis
- Read as a whole word: 秋刀魚 (さんま) Pacific saury (Cololabis saira); 秋刀魚は目黒に限る (さんまはめぐろにかぎる) Pacific saury is only good if it's from Meguro
Components
Kanji containing 秋
- 萩 bush clover
- 愁 distress
- 啾 cry
- 愀 respect
- 湫 wetlands
- 楸 Japanese catalpa
- 甃 floor tile
- 鍬 hoe with long blade at acute angle
- 鞦 swing
- 鰍 bullhead
Words using 秋
- 秋 (あき) autumn
- 秋田 (あきた) Akita (city, prefecture)
- 秋田書店 (あきたしょてん) Akita Shoten (publisher)
- 秋田県 (あきたけん) Akita Prefecture (Tōhoku area)
- 秋田犬 (あきたけん) Akita (dog breed)
- 春秋 (しゅんじゅう) spring and autumn
- 秋季 (しゅうき) fall season
- 千秋楽 (せんしゅうらく) final day of a performance
- 春秋時代 (しゅんじゅうじだい) Spring and Autumn period (of Chinese history; approx. 770-403 BCE)
- 晩秋 (ばんしゅう) late autumn (fall)
- 秋刀魚 (さんま) Pacific saury (Cololabis saira)
- 秋刀魚は目黒に限る (さんまはめぐろにかぎる) Pacific saury is only good if it's from Meguro
- 危急存亡の秋 (ききゅうそんぼうのとき) crisis
- 秋夕 (チュソク) Chuseok (Korean festival celebrated around the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunar calendar)
182 words in all.