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Kanji Detail for 寿 - "longevity, long, celebration"

寿

  • Meaning

    寿 means "longevity, long, celebration."

    1. Long - Longevity; living long; having a long lifespan.

    2. Age - Years; age.

    3. Celebration - To celebrate long life; to wish longevity.

    4. To celebrate - To congratulate auspicious occasions; also, such words.

  • Words using 寿

    • 長寿 ちょうじゅ Listen long life; longevity; long-lived
    • 寿命 じゅみょう Listen lifespan; life; lifetime
    • にぎり寿司 にぎりずし Listen nigirizushi; hand-pressed vinegared rice topped with seafood

  • Four-character idioms with 寿

    • 不老長寿 ふろうちょうじゅ Listen perpetual youth and longevity

  • Origin of 寿

    The old form 壽 winds a long, furrowed path above a hand and mouth — the long road of years, blessed aloud. Longevity as a journey toasted at every milestone.

    How to remember it: A long winding road with a toast 口 raised to it — long life: the blessing of the road ahead.

    Sources: en.wiktionary.org · mojinavi.com

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    • Verified meaning: longevity, long, celebration
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read ことぶき, ことほ, さとし, じゅ)

    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 寿

    Given names 寿(ことぶき)Listen 寿(ことほ)Listen 寿(さとし)Listen 寿(じゅ)Listen 寿(すず)Listen 寿(すみ)Listen 寿(たもつ)Listen 寿(とし)Listen

    Surnames 寿(じゅふく)Listen 寿(す)Listen 寿(すさき)Listen 寿(すざき)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; one's natural life

    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

  • Onyomi

    tip

    ju(ジュ) ジュ

    shuu(シュウ) シュウ

    su(ス) ス

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    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

    tip

    7 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    寸 (sun)

  • Related Keywords

    longevity celebration long age celebrate congratulations lifespan birthday blessing fortune happiness health honor prosperity auspiciousness

Sentences including 寿

  • Do you want to have sushi tonight?

  • His sands are running out.

  • I don't like sushi.

  • It's on its last legs.

  • Do you like sushi?

  • She doesn't care for sushi.

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