秋

autumn / fall / harvest time

秋 = 火 + 禾 : The Queen of Hearts (qi) celebrates autumn (秋) by offering sacrifices. She puts a bowl of cereals (禾) onto a swing (秋) and has the cereals swing into a fire (火) in front of the outhouse (ou1).

秋

秌

qiu̅ = qi + ou1

old variant of 秋[qiu1]

秋

鞦

qiu̅ = qi + ou1

see 鞦韆|秋千[qiu1 qian1]

秋 character breakdown

秋
- 火
  - 丶
  - 人
    - 丿
    - ㇏
- 禾
  - 丿
  - 木
    - 八
      - 丿
      - ㇏
    - 十
      - 一
      - 丨

火

huǒ = hu + o3

fire / urgent / ammunition / fiery or flaming / internal heat (Chinese medicine) / hot (popular) / classifier for military units (old) / Kangxi radical 86

火 = 人 + 丶 : Helga Horse (hu) and Neanderthal Man (人) are starting a fire (火) in the observatory's living room (o3) with two large petals (丶).

禾

hé = h + e2

cereal / grain

禾 = 丿 + 木 : Mnemonic symbol: a bowl of cereals.

Hamlet (h) made himself a bowl of cereals (禾) with bananas (丿) and Christmas trees (木) in the elevator's kitchen (e2). He holds the bowl of cereals like he would hold Yorick's skull.

Characters with 秋 as component

秋

鞦

qiu̅ = qi + ou1

see 鞦韆|秋千[qiu1 qian1]

瞅

chǒu = ch + ou3

(dialect) to look at

瞅 = 目 + 秋 : The Eye of Providence (目) and Charlie Chaplin (ch) are looking at (瞅) their autumn (秋) harvest: only a single pumpkin. They look (瞅) at each other worriedly and wonder how they will survive winter in the outhouse's living room (ou3).

瞅

矁

chǒu = ch + ou3

old variant of 瞅[chou3]

愁

chóu = ch + ou2

to worry about

愁 = 心 + 秋 : Charlie Chaplin (ch) is swinging so high on the swing (秋) in the outhouse's kitchen (ou2) that he worries (愁) about his heart (心) jumping out of his chest.

揪

jiu̅ = ji + ou1

to seize / to clutch / to grab firmly and pull

鳅

鰍

qiu̅ = qi + ou1

loach

萩

qiu̅ = qi + ou1

Lespedeza bicolor

楸

qiu̅ = qi + ou1