秋(qiū)

HSK 29 strokes

surname Qiu

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Character information

Pinyin
qiū
Meaning
surname Qiu
Strokes
9
HSK level
HSK 2
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 秋 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿰禾火

The time of year when farmers would burn 禾 crops 火

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

禾hé火huǒ

Parts are arranged left to right.

How to write 秋 step by step

9 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 秋

Common words using 秋 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

qiū秋tiān天
HSK 2

autumn

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zhōng中qiū秋jié节
HSK 5

the Mid-Autumn Festival on 15th of 8th lunar month

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zhōng中qiū秋

the Mid-autumn festival, the traditional moon-viewing festival on the 15th …

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zhòng仲qiū秋

second month of autumn; 8th month of the lunar calendar

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chū初qiū秋

early autumn; 7th month of the lunar calendar

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yī一rì日sān三qiū秋

a single day apart seems like three seasons (idiom)

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yī一yè叶zhī知qiū秋

lit. the falling of one leaf heralds the coming of autumn (idiom)

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bīng冰hú壶qiū秋yuè月

jade ice jug and autumn moon (idiom, from poem by Song writer Su Dongpo 蘇東坡|苏东坡); fig. …

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天中节仲初一日三

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