壽

See also 寿

Translingual

simpl.		寿
trad.		壽

Etymology

Ideogram (指事) – an old man kneeling and praying for long life.

A rather complex character; top cognate to 生, bottom 口 + 寸. Middle originally similar to older form of 舛, now simplified to 工.

Han character

壽 (radical 33 士+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 土弓一戈 (GNMI), four-corner 4064₁, composition ⿳⿳土乛工一吋)

1. old age, long life
2. lifespan

Descendants

• 寿

References

• KangXi: page 244, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5672
• Dae Jaweon: page 484, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 483, character 10
• Unihan data for U+58FD

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Cantonese

Hanzi

壽 (simplified 寿, jyutping sau6, Yale sau6)

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Japanese

Kanji

壽

Readings

• On: ジュ (ju), ジュウ (jū), ス (su), シュウ (shū)
• Kun: ことぶき (kotobuki), ひさしい (hisashii), ことほぐ (kotohogu)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Mandarin

Hanzi

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

Compounds

• 壽司

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Middle Chinese

Han character

壽 (zhiòu, zhiǒu)

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Vietnamese

Han character

壽 (thọ)