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The Cantonese word cau - 秋 - cau1
(autumn in Cantonese)

Deutsche Übersetzung von cauDeutschDeutsche Übersetzung
Traduction française de cauFrançaisTraduction française
Traducción española decauEspañolTraducción española




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Romanization (Jyutping)

cau1

English translations

autumn, year,
fall, period, time

Chinese character (simplified) and stroke order animation"How do I write 秋 ( cau1 ) correctly?"

The strokes that all Chinese characters are composed of are to be written in a certain order which has originally been defined by Chinese calligraphy. Writing all characters according to the same rules ensures that their intended shape and style are generally preserved even if written by different writers.
This Cantonese dictionary shows you the correct stroke order as an animation for all individual characters so you can learn and understand how to write the character correctly. :
秋
The traditional Chinese characters of cau1 are identical with the modern (simplified) characters displayed above.
Character complexity
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秋 is composed of 9 strokes and therefore is of low complexity compared to the other simplified Chinese characters (average: 13.1 strokes).

Tags and additional information
(Meaning of individual characters, character components etc.)

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秋 ( cau / cau1 ) belongs to the 3000 most common Chinese characters (rank 1022)
Example words containing the character 秋 ( cau / cau1 )
cau1 tin1 ( 秋天 )
Other characters that are pronounced cau1 in Cantonese
抽 (to pump)
More words that mean autumn in Cantonese
cau1 tin1 ( 秋天 )
More words that mean year in Cantonese
nin4 ( 年 ), seoi3 ( 岁 )

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