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Kanji Detail for 壽 - "longevity, celebrate"

壽

  • Meaning

    壽 means "longevity, celebrate." Also associated with birthday.

    1. Longevity - Long life; lifespan.

    2. Celebrate - To congratulate on long life.

    3. Birthday - An anniversary of birth.

  • Origin of 壽

    The traditional form of 寿. A reduced 老 (old age) above a long winding element that lends the reading ju; accounts read the winding part as a furrowed field or a meandering course, and some take it to supply the sense of length as well as the sound: age plus length, long life.

    How to remember it: Old age 老 above a long winding road — the years stretching on: longevity.

    Sources: en.wiktionary.org · mojinavi.com

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    • Verified meaning: longevity, celebrate
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read ことぶき, すさき, すざき, としなが)
    • Also carries these associations: birthday

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 壽

    Given names 壽(ひさ)Listen 壽(ひさし)Listen

    Surnames 壽(ことぶき)Listen 壽(すさき)Listen 壽(すざき)Listen 壽(としなが)Listen

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  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    longevity; congratulations

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    old age, long life; lifespan

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Shou

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    old age, longevity; lifespan

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Long-lasting. All ages are called 壽. One hundred years is called 上壽 (supreme longevity); eighty years is called 中壽 (medium longevity). See (Zhuangzi). | Birthday is called 壽. Such as 壽辰, 祝壽. | Anciently, presenting gold and silk to respected persons, or offering wine in toast, was all called 壽.

  • Onyomi

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    ju(ジュ) ジュ

    shuu(シュウ) シュウ

    su(ス) ス

  • Kunyomi

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    kotobu.ku(ことぶ-く) ことぶ-く

    kotobuki(ことぶき) ことぶき

    kotoho.gu(ことほ-ぐ) ことほ-ぐ

  • Strokes

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    14 strokes

  • Radical

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    士 (samurai)

  • Related Keywords

    longevity celebrate birthday age long life congratulations celebration anniversary blessings crane good fortune happiness health joy milestone prosperity tortoise turtle

Sentences including 壽

  • Then said Daniel unto the king, O king, live for ever.

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