寿

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Han character 1.1.1 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Noun 3.2 Kanji 3.2.1 Readings 3.2.2 Compounds 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 5 Mandarin 5.1 Hanzi 5.1.1 Compounds

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Han character

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

1. old age, long life
2. lifespan

[edit] 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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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

寿 (Yale sau4)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Noun

寿 (hiragana ことぶき, romaji kotobuki)

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

[edit] Kanji

寿 (common kanji)

[edit] 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)

[edit] Compounds

寿命 (jumyō): life span 寿司 (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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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

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

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Hanzi

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

[edit] Compounds

• 寿命
• 寿司
• 寿桃