秋風

See also: 秋风

Chinese

 
autumn; fall; harvest time; a swing
 
wind; news; style; custom; manner
trad. (秋風) 秋 風
simp. (秋风) 秋 风

Pronunciation

Noun

秋風

  1. autumn wind

Derived terms

  • 秋風落葉／秋风落叶
  • 秋風過耳／秋风过耳
  • 過耳秋風／过耳秋风

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
秋 風
あき
Grade: 2		 かぜ
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Compound of 秋 (あき) (aki, “autumn”) + 風 (かぜ) (kaze, “wind”).

Pronunciation

Noun

秋風 (hiragana あきかぜ, rōmaji akikaze)

  1. autumn wind, autumn breeze, autumnal winds
    秋風 (あきかぜ)が吹 (ふ)く。
    Akikaze ga fuku.
    Autumn winds blow.
  2. two lovers cooling toward each other
    using 秋 (aki) as a pun for 飽き (aki, “weariness”)
Derived terms

Proper noun

秋風 (hiragana あきかぜ, rōmaji Akikaze)

  1. a destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II (see Japanese destroyer Akikaze on Wikipedia.Wikipedia )
  2. a surname

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
秋 風
しゅう
Grade: 2		 ふう
Grade: 2
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese compound 秋風 (MC t͡sʰɨu pɨuŋ).

Pronunciation

Noun

秋風 (hiragana しゅうふう, rōmaji shūfū, historical hiragana しうふう)

  1. autumn wind, autumn breeze, autumnal winds
    Synonyms: 金風 (kinpū), 商風 (shōfū), 西風 (seifū)
Derived terms
Proverbs
  • 叢 (そう)蘭 (らん)茂 (しげ)らんと欲 (ほっ)し秋 (しゅう)風 (ふう)之 (これ)を敗 (やぶ)る (sōran shigeran to hosshi shūfū kore o yaburu)

Etymology 3

Various nanori readings.

Proper noun

秋風 (hiragana あいか, rōmaji Aika)

  1. a female given name.

秋風 (hiragana あきか, rōmaji Akika)

  1. a female given name.

References

  1. 1 2 3 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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