Hanja Analyzer
秋

秋 — chu

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
가을 추
Romanization
chu
English
autumn, fall; year
Mandarin
qiū
Japanese on'yomi
シュウ, シュ
Japanese kun'yomi
あき とき
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 2
Newspaper frequency
#635 of 2,500
Strokes
9
Variant forms
穐 龝
Radical
禾 (115, 4 residual)
Unicode
U+79CB

Parts that make up 秋

  • 禾 벼 화 이삭이 늘어진 벼곡식과 농사
  • 火 불 화 타오르는 불꽃불·열·빛, 태우고 익히는 일. 아래에서 灬 로 쓴다

How 秋 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 秋 as a ideographic compound involving 禾, 𤒅.

Korean example words with 秋

  • 추경秋景 Korean gloss: 가을의 경치
  • 추계秋季 Korean gloss: 가을의 시기
  • 추기秋期 Korean gloss: 가을의 시기
  • 추동秋冬 Korean gloss: 가을과 겨울
  • 추야秋夜 Korean gloss: 가을철의 밤
  • 추말秋末 Korean gloss: 가을이 끝나는 때
  • 추곡秋穀 Korean gloss: 가을에 수확하는 곡식
  • 맥추麥秋 Korean gloss: 익은 보리를 거두어들이는 철
  • 삼추三秋 Korean gloss: 긴 세월을 비유적으로 이르는 말
  • 추풍秋風 Korean gloss: 가을에 부는 선선하고 서늘한 바람
  • 수추首秋 Korean gloss: 가을의 첫머리. 음력 7월을 이른다
  • 초추初秋 Korean gloss: 이른 가을. 주로 음력 7월을 이른다

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 秋

  • 秋あき autumn; fall
  • 今秋こんしゅう this autumn; this fall; autumn of this year
  • 昨秋さくしゅう autumn of last year; fall of last year
  • 春秋しゅんじゅう spring and autumn; spring and fall; years
  • 千秋楽せんしゅうらく final day of a performance; closing date; final show
  • 秋季しゅうき fall season; autumn season
  • 秋口あきぐち beginning of autumn; beginning of fall
  • 晩秋ばんしゅう late autumn (fall); ninth month of the lunar calendar
  • 秋風あきかぜ autumn breeze; fall breeze
  • 千秋せんしゅう thousand years; many years
  • 秋晴れあきばれ clear autumnal weather
  • 初秋しょしゅう early autumn (fall); seventh month of the lunar calendar

Characters sharing the phonetic 秋

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “추”

Other hanja with radical 禾

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