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ㄑㄧㄡ

qiū

autumn

秋 is a 9 stroke, simplified and traditional Chinese character and is pronounced as qiū in the first tone.

In traditional Chinese the characters or may be used instead.

It is made up of the components (grain) and (fire).

  • ㄑㄧㄡ

    qiū

    autumn

    • ㄏㄜ ˊ

      grain

    • ㄏㄨㄛ ˇ

      huǒ

      fire

5 stories have been written about this character — see all
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During the autumn season, you can harvest a lot of grain but be careful not to set any fires.
by emilyajohn

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The grain stubble is burnt in autumn before the winter crop
by Joeyjoefro

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During the autumn season hardworking farmers labor for a plentiful harvest of GRAIN and take precautions of not setting accidental FIRES...
by JoYousOjOe

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After the <autumn> harvest of GRAIN, the it[chy o]ld stubble is *laid out* and set on FIRE.
by vms5q

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The leaves in autumn's harvest season look of fire
by Funny翻译人

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Pronunciation

We found 1 pronunciation for 秋

Definitions for 秋 pronounced as qiū

  • surname Qiu
  • autumn
  • fall
  • harvest time
  • a swing
  • old variant of 秋[qiu1]
  • a swing

Vocabulary

The most common words for 秋 — see all

  • Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC)
  • Spring and Autumn Annals, chronicle of Lu State (722-481 BC)
  • spring and autumn
  • four seasons
  • year
  • a person's age
  • annals (used in book titles)
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Collections

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Characters 601-800

by Joeyjoefro 200 characters

Period/Month/Year

by Joeyjoefro 15 characters

Nature

by Joeyjoefro 22 characters

VCE Chinese SL

by WillBaum 505 characters

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