秋

qiu̅ = qi + ou1

autumn / fall / harvest time

秋 = 火 + 禾 : The Queen of Hearts (qi) celebrates autumn (秋) by offering sacrifices. She puts a bowl of cereals (禾) onto a swing (秋) and has the cereals swing into a fire (火) in front of the outhouse (ou1).

qiu̅ = qi + ou1

old variant of 秋[qiu1]

qiu̅ = qi + ou1

see 鞦韆|秋千[qiu1 qian1]

秋 character breakdown

秋
- 火
  - 丶
  - 人
    - 丿
    - ㇏
- 禾
  - 丿
  - 木
    - 八
      - 丿
      - ㇏
    - 十
      - 一
      - 丨

huǒ = hu + o3

fire / urgent / ammunition / fiery or flaming / internal heat (Chinese medicine) / hot (popular) / classifier for military units (old) / Kangxi radical 86

火 = 人 + 丶 : Helga Horse (hu) and Neanderthal Man (人) are starting a fire (火) in the observatory's living room (o3) with two large petals (丶).

hé = h + e2

cereal / grain

禾 = 丿 + 木 : Mnemonic symbol: a bowl of cereals.

Hamlet (h) made himself a bowl of cereals (禾) with bananas (丿) and Christmas trees (木) in the elevator's kitchen (e2). He holds the bowl of cereals like he would hold Yorick's skull.

Characters with 秋 as component

qia̅o = qi + ao1

variant of 鍬|锹[qiao1]

chǒu = ch + ou3

to stare at

qiǎo = qi + ao3

change countenance / worry

jiu̅ = ji + ou1

to gather / to collect

jiǎo = ji + ao3

to color by smoke

zhòu = zh + ou4

brickwork of well

jiu̅ = ji + ou1

bun (of hair)

qiu̅ = qi + ou1

see 鶖鷺|鹙鹭[qiu1 lu4]

Words with 秋

the Mid-autumn festival, the traditional moon-viewing festival on the 15th of the 8th lunar month

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

lit. the falling of one leaf heralds the coming of autumn (idiom) / fig. a small sign can indicate a great trend / a straw in the wind

a sudden shower towards the end of summer brings an abrupt arrival of autumn (idiom)

(bird species of China) scaly-sided merganser (Mergus squamatus)

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

Mr Gongyang's Annals or commentary on 春秋[Chun1 qiu1], early history, probably written during Han dynasty, same as 公羊傳|公羊传[Gong1 yang2 Zhuan4]

jade ice jug and autumn moon (idiom, from poem by Song writer Su Dongpo 蘇東坡|苏东坡); fig. spotless white and pure / flawless person

a single day apart seems like three seasons (idiom)

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one day apart seems like three years (idiom)

Sentences with 秋

秋 currently does not appear in any sentence.