秋 means autumn
Fire burns the stubble after the grain is cut: autumn.
On'yomi
- シュウshuu
Kun'yomi
- あきaki
- ときtoki
How it's built
- 禾grain
- 火fire
Common words
- 秋あきautumn; fall
- 秋風あきかぜautumn breeze; fall breeze
- 秋口あきぐちbeginning of autumn; beginning of fall
- 今秋こんしゅうthis autumn; this fall
Through history
Oracle bone
Bronze
Seal- Today