寿

See also 壽

Translingual

simpl.		寿
trad.		壽

Etymology

Simplified from 壽

Han character

寿 (radical 41 寸+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 手大木戈 (QKDI))

1. old age, long life
2. lifespan

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 294, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7419
• Dae Jaweon: page 581, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 504, character 4
• Unihan data for U+5BFF

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Cantonese

Hanzi

寿 (traditional 壽, jyutping sau6, Yale sau6)

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Japanese

Noun

寿 (hiragana ことぶき, romaji kotobuki)

1. congratulations, felicitation, celebration, greetings
2. congratulations!, long life!

Kanji

寿 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: じゅ (ju), す (su), しゅう (shū)
• Kun: ことぶき (kotobuki), ことぶく (寿く, kotobuku), ことほぐ (寿ぐ, kotohogu)
• Nanori: かず (kazu), じ (ji), じゅう (jū) すっ (sut), すみ (sumi), とし (toshi), としかつ (toshikatsu), なが (naga), のぶ (nobu), のり (nori), ひさ (hisa), ひさし (hisashi), やす (yasu), やすし (yasushi)

Proper noun

寿 (hiragana ひさし, romaji Hisashi)

1. A male given name

Compounds

寿命 (jumyō): life span 寿司 (すし, sushi, “sushi”) 寿老人 (jurōjin): God of Longevity

長寿 (chōju): long life 天寿 (tenju): natural life span 新年の寿 (shinnen no kotobuki): New Year's greetings

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Korean

Hanja

寿 (hangeul 수, revised su, McCune-Reischauer su, Yale swu)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

寿 (traditional 壽, pinyin shòu (shou4), Wade-Giles shou⁴)

Compounds

• 寿命
• 寿司
• 寿桃