秋 autumn

Also: fall

On'yomi
シュウ
Kun'yomi
あき
Strokes
9
JLPT
N4
Taught in
Primary school, year 2

Stroke order

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
秋 is written in 9 strokes. Each panel adds the next one; the dot marks where the brush starts.

Remember it

The rice plant (禾) turns fire (火) red in the fields — that is autumn harvest color.

A common word

  • 秋 あき autumn

Example sentences

  • あきはたべものがおいしいです。

    Food tastes great in autumn.

  • きょねんのあきにきょうとへいきました。

    I went to Kyoto last autumn.

Kanji that share a part

禾 is its radical. 33 kanji share it in all.

火 is a component. 19 kanji share it in all.

  • 煙 smoke N3
  • 灰 ashes N2
  • 炎 flame N2
  • 畑 field N2
  • 焼 bake N2
  • 滅 destroy N2
  • 爆 bomb N2
  • 灯 lamp N1