秋
autumn
Details
Stroke Order
Component Breakdown
grain + fire
Cultural Context
Etymology
Composed of grain and fire. Harvest time drying grain with fire.
Symbolism
Autumn, harvest, maturity. Represents fruition and beginning of end.
Related Culture & Scenes
- — Autumn leaves
Seasonal
Season from September to November. Symbolizes harvest, melancholy, maturity. Time of autumn leaves, moon viewing, harvest. In haiku, expresses loneliness.
Words & Expressions
Four-Character Compounds
春夏秋冬
しゅんかしゅうとう
spring, summer, autumn (fall) and winter; the four seasons; spring, summer, autumn (fall) and winter
一日千秋
いちじつせんしゅう
(waiting) impatiently; (spending) many a weary day; each moment seeming like an eternity; (waiting) impatiently
秋霜烈日
しゅうそうれつじつ
harshness; severity; harshness
一日三秋
いちじつさんしゅう
(waiting) impatiently; (spending) many a weary day; each moment seeming like an eternity; (waiting) impatiently
暗送秋波
あんそうしゅうは
giving an amorous sidelong look; casting an amorous glance (at); playing up to someone behind the scenes; giving an amorous sidelong look
秋風落莫
しゅうふうらくばく
forlorn and helpless; lonely and desolate; forlorn and helpless
媚眼秋波
びがんしゅうは
casting a coquettish glance (at a man); casting a coquettish glance (at a man)
春花秋月
しゅんかしゅうげつ
spring flowers and the autumn moon; beauty of nature as it changes from season to season; spring flowers and the autumn moon
千秋万歳
せんしゅうばんぜい
may you live a thousand years; may you live a thousand years
Proverbs & Idioms
秋茄子は嫁に食わすな
あきなすはよめにくわすな
Don't let the bride eat autumn eggplant
Petty jealousy over good things
Poetry
秋の田の かりほの庵の 苫をあらみ わが衣手は 露にぬれつつ
Poem #1 from Hyakunin Isshu
奥山に もみぢ踏み分け 鳴く鹿の 声聞く時ぞ 秋は悲しき
Poem #5 from Hyakunin Isshu
吹くからに 秋の草木の しをるれば むべ山風を 嵐といふらむ
Poem #22 from Hyakunin Isshu
月みれば 千々に物こそ 悲しけれ 我が身ひとつの 秋にはあらねど
Poem #23 from Hyakunin Isshu
白露に 風の吹きしく 秋の野は つらぬきとめぬ 玉ぞ散りける
Poem #37 from Hyakunin Isshu
八重むぐら しげれる宿の さびしきに 人こそ見えね 秋は来にけり
Poem #47 from Hyakunin Isshu
さびしさに 宿をたち出でて ながむれば いづこも同じ 秋の夕暮れ
Poem #70 from Hyakunin Isshu
夕されば 門田の稲葉 おとづれて 葦のまろやに 秋風ぞ吹く
Poem #71 from Hyakunin Isshu
契りおきし させもが露を いのちにて あはれ今年の 秋もいぬめり
Poem #75 from Hyakunin Isshu
秋風に たなびく雲の たえ間より もれ出づる月の かげのさやけさ
Poem #79 from Hyakunin Isshu
村雨の 露もまだひぬ まきの葉に 霧立ちのぼる 秋の夕暮れ
Poem #87 from Hyakunin Isshu
み吉野の 山の秋風 さ夜ふけて ふるさと寒く 衣うつなり
Poem #94 from Hyakunin Isshu