In the Korean holiday name Chuseok, 秋 is the Hanja character that means “autumn.”
The name Chuseok is written 秋夕 in Hanja. The first character, 秋, means autumn, while the second, 夕, means evening. Together, the name is commonly translated as “autumn evening,” reflecting the festival’s timing in the eighth month of the traditional lunar calendar.
Chuseok is associated with the autumn harvest, family reunions, ancestor rites, seasonal foods, and the full moon. The name is therefore descriptive rather than a reference to a historical person or place.
A common mix-up is confusing 秋 with 春, 夏, or 冬. Those characters mean spring, summer, and winter respectively. Chuseok is also commonly called Hangawi, but Hangawi is a Korean name for the festival rather than a Hanja translation of its name.