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秋 means 'autumn'

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Strokes : 9    Frequency: 650   JLPT: N4    Usefulness: 2    Study set: 2-4    Grade: 2   Intermediate lesson: 14    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 102 words   Used in 141 words   Used in 1443 names   Component in 16 kanji (1 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   シュウ
Kun
   あき autumn
Additional readings
Kun    とき
Name    あい
Variants
秌 (Chinese)  
Components
⿰  禾 grain  火 fire  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 秋 is used 3 times, read 2 ways (with 1 variation).
Across all words in Japanese, 秋 is used 137 times, read 3 ways (with 2 variations).
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シュウ : 62 words FIND ALL
せ ん し ゅ う 0
noun
thousand years; many years
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シュウ (read as じゅう) : 7 words FIND ALL
し ゅ ん じ ゅ う 1
noun
1. spring and autumn; spring and fall; months and years  (see also: 五経)
2. the Chronicles of Lu or the Spring and Autumn Annals - one of the Five Classics  (this meaning is restricted to reading しゅんじゅう)
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あき : 63 words FIND ALL
あ き 1
Most common form: あき
noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
autumn; fall
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とき : 2 words FIND ALL
き き ゅ う そ ん ぼ う の と き 0
noun
crisis; critical moment; critical time
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あい: 3 words. FIND ALL
あ い さ 1
noun
merganser (any duck of genus Mergus)  (often written with kana only)
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An additional 4 less common words include 秋 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 156 (originally: 140)  Joy o' Kanji : 140  Key to Kanji: 487 

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秋
シュウ   あき autumn   
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禾
grain
火
カ   fire   ひ    ほ-    
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丷
eight
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
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