68%RatingSave Gender Masculine & Feminine Usage Chinese Scripts 秋, 丘(Chinese) Pronounced Pron. CHYO [key·IPA] Meaning & History From Chinese 秋 (qiū) meaning "autumn", 丘 (qiū) meaning "hill, mound", or other characters with a similar pronunciation. The given name of the philosopher Confucius was 丘. Related NamesFamily Tree·Details Other Languages & CulturesThu(Vietnamese) Other ReadingsAki(Japanese) Categories authors, autumn, gemstones, history, isograms, nature, philosophers, seasons, time periods