秋
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autumn; fall; harvest time
- HSK 3.0
- Level 2
- Old HSK
- Level 3
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 禾 +4
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 秋
- Common rank
- #680
- Unicode
- U+79CB
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 秋
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一日三秋 | a single day apart seems like three seasons (idiom) | |
| 多事之秋 | (idiom) troubled times; eventful period | |
| 平分秋色 | to both share the limelight; to both have an equal share of | |
| 春秋战国时代 | the Spring and Autumn (770-476 BC) and Warring States (475-221 BC) periods; Eastern Zhou (… | |
| 一日不见，如隔三秋 | one day apart seems like three years (idiom) | |
| 秋分点 | the autumn equinox | |
| 中秋节 | the Mid-Autumn Festival on 15th of 8th lunar month | |
| 一雨成秋 | a sudden shower towards the end of summer brings an abrupt arrival of autumn (idiom) | |
| 秋风过耳 | lit. as the autumn breeze passes the ear (idiom); not in the least concerned | |
| 春秋战国 | the Spring and Autumn (770-476 BC) and Warring States (475-221 BC) periods | |
| 秋收起义 | Autumn Harvest Uprising (1927), insurrection in Hunan and Jiangxi provinces led by Mao Zed… | |
| 一叶知秋 | lit. the falling of one leaf heralds the coming of autumn (idiom); fig. a small sign can i… | |
| 春秋三传 | Three Commentaries on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋[Chun1 qiu1], including Mr Gongyang's… | |
| 春秋时代 | Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC) | |
| 老气横秋 | old and decrepit; proud of one's age and experience (idiom) | |
| 秋水 | limpid autumn waters (trad. description of girl's beautiful eyes) | |
| 中秋 | the Mid-autumn festival, the traditional moon-viewing festival on the 15th of the 8th luna… | |
| 秋天 | autumn; CL:個|个[ge4] | |
| 金秋 | fall; autumn | |
| 秋分 | Qiufen or Autumn Equinox, 16th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 23rd September-7th Octobe… |
Sound family
These characters use 秋 as their sound component — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 秋 sound part | autumn, fall; year | |
| 愁 | anxious, worried | |
| 揪 | to pinch, to grasp | |
| 瞅 | to see, to look at, to gaze at | |
| 锹 | shovel | |
| 啾 | the wailing of a child | |
| 楸 | Mallotus japonicus | |
| 鳅 | loach | |
| 鹙 | waterfowl; Garrulus glandarius | |
| 愀 | anxious; blushing; to change one's countenance | |
| 湫 | marsh, swamp, small pond | |
| 鬏 | coiffure, topknot |