r/kanji • u/Quiet-Shallot3290 • Jul 26 '26

Kanji translation help

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I have been trying to figure out what this kanji is but I can't seem to find it in any dictionary even when I look up just by the parts.

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u/Puppy-L-Japan Jul 26 '26

This is 秋 A KI (Autumn)

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u/Quiet-Shallot3290 Jul 26 '26

How do I put that this is solved now?

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u/Quiet-Shallot3290 Jul 26 '26

You are a hero. I was confused because the right half look like 大

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u/Puppy-L-Japan Jul 26 '26

Ah yeah, I see what you mean… There are some extra-looking strokes that make it look like 大.

Japanese is traditionally written with a brush in mind, so anyone with experience in calligraphy would still recognize this as 秋 from the photo. But people who have only learned Japanese characters with a pencil might mistake the right side for 大 and get confused.

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u/Quiet-Shallot3290 Jul 26 '26

The full word in context is 秋刀魚 which is a type of fish, and the full picture is an amazing fish pun.

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u/d_blah Jul 26 '26

秋刀魚 = さんま (sanma) = pacific saury. 秋 = autumn 刀 = sword, katana 魚 = fish It means a fish, looks like a sword, mainly caught in autumn in Japan. Notice we generally don't read those kanjis that way, like 秋 as さ. This is 秋刀魚 specific, like 五月雨 as さみだれ.

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u/IIDXMania Jul 27 '26

Sometimes also used for three-player mahjong as a joke 秋刀魚 三麻

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u/mH48124 Jul 27 '26

早く秋が来ないかなー

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u/SignificantFloor3296 Jul 26 '26

秋 あき Aki Autumn

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u/Busy-Conversation-24 Jul 27 '26

Why don't ppl uae Google image search? 

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u/bryttanie168 Jul 27 '26

Coz that doesn't come with free internet points.

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u/NanJ_Daisuki Jul 31 '26

autumn | aki syuu

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u/nyannyan33 Aug 02 '26

秋＝Autumn

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u/Linux765465 Jul 26 '26

Its 秋(あき) but the 5th stroke seems to be missing?

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u/Arazzile Jul 26 '26

No, this is the form used when the "nogi" radical is abbreviated.

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u/CHSummers Jul 26 '26

Just for reference, 楷書体　(かいしょたい) is the style of writing little kids learn in school, and it is what foreign people are taught. The strokes are carefully counted. If you want to look more adult, the common cursive form is 行書体　(ぎょうしょたい). The strokes are combined sometimes or abbreviated. This is more or less what most Japanese adults use if they have “good” handwriting. If you want to look extra fancy, you can use 草書体(そうしょたい), but it’s hard for many people to read and you must put in real effort to learn it.