福禄寿

See also: 福祿壽

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 福禄寿 – see 福祿壽 (“Fu Lu Shou; happiness, wealth and longevity; etc.”). (This term is the simplified form of 福祿壽).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

福禄寿

Kanji in this term
福	禄	寿
ふく Grade: 3	ろく Jinmeiyō	じゅ Grade: S
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
福祿壽 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 福祿壽／福禄寿 (Fú-Lù-Shòu). Considered in Japan to be one of the Seven Lucky Gods starting from the Muromachi Period.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟ᵝkɯ̟ᵝɾo̞kɯ̟ᵝʑɨᵝ]

Noun

福(ふく)禄(ろく)寿(じゅ) • (fukurokuju) 

1. wealth, good fortune, and longevity

Proper noun

福(ふく)禄(ろく)寿(じゅ) • (Fukurokuju) 

1. (Shinto): Fukurokuju; a god of happiness, wealth, and longevity, and one of the seven gods of good fortune

Coordinate terms

• 七(しち)福(ふく)神(じん) (Shichi Fukujin): the Seven Lucky Gods
• 布(ほ)袋(てい) (Hotei): the fat and happy god of abundance and good health
• 寿(じゅ)老(ろう)人(じん) (Jurōjin): god of longevity
• 毘(び)沙(しゃ)門(もん)天(てん) (Bishamonten): god of warriors
• 弁(べん)才(ざい)天(てん) (Benzaiten), 弁(べん)財(ざい)天(てん) (Benzaiten): goddess of knowledge, art and beauty, especially music
• 吉(きつ)祥(しょう)天(てん) (Kitsushōten) the goddess of happiness, charm and beauty, of fertility, nature, and of human creativity, and the patronesses of joy, amusement and festivities.
• 大(だい)黒(こく)天(てん) (Daikokuten): god of wealth, commerce and trade.
• 恵比須(えびす), 恵比寿(えびす), 夷(えびす), 戎(えびす) (Ebisu): god of fishers or merchants

References

• Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
• Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN