秋 – autumn

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The kanji 秋 means autumn. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is シュウ (shuu); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is あき、とき (aki, toki). It is written with 9 strokes, under radical 禾 (no. 115).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	シュウ	shuu
Kun’yomi	あき	aki
Kun’yomi	とき	toki

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 禾 (Kangxi radical 115). Components: 火・禾.

Words using 秋

秋あきautumn

Example sentences

秋には木の葉が落ちる。

Leaves fall in the autumn.

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Kanji with the same radical

私税移種程科積秀秘称秒稲稼秩稿穏

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