寿老人

Japanese

Kanji in this term
寿	老	人
じゅ Grade: S	ろう Grade: 4	じん Grade: 1
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
壽老人 (kyūjitai)

寿老人

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑɨɾo̞ːʑĩɴ]
• (Tokyo) じゅろーじん [jùróꜜòjìǹ] (Nakadaka – [2])

Proper noun

寿(じゅ)老(ろう)人(じん) • (Jurōjin) 

1. (Shinto) Jurōjin, Japanese god of longevity

Usage notes

Jurōjin is one of the seven gods of luck (七福神(しちふくじん) (shichi fukujin)).

Related terms

• 福禄寿 (Fukurokuju): god of happiness, wealth and longevity.
• 恵比須 / 恵比寿 / 夷 / 戎 (Ebisu): god of fishers or merchants, often depicted carrying a sea bream.
• 布袋 (Hotei): the fat and happy god of abundance and good health.
• 弁才天 / 弁財天 (べんざいてん, Benzaiten): The Japanese name for the Hindu goddess Saraswati. The goddess of knowledge, art, beauty, music, language, wisdom, poetry and rivers.
• 吉祥天 (Kitsushōten): the goddess of happiness, charm and beauty, of fertility, nature, and of human creativity, and the patronesses of joy, amusement and festivities.
• 大黒 / 大黒天 (Daikoku / Daikokuten): the god of wealth, commerce and trade. Ebisu and Daikoku are often paired and represented as carvings or masks on the walls of small retail shops.
• 毘沙門 / 毘沙門天 (Bishamon / Bishamonten): the god of warriors.

Further reading

• 寿老人 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja
• Jurōjin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “寿老人”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026