 | 寿 | ||
| old age, long life; lifespan | |||
| Radical | 寸 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 4 | Total Strokes | 7 |
| Mandarin reading | shòu | Cantonese reading | sau6 |
| Japanese on reading | ju juu su shuu | Japanese kun reading | kotobuki hisashii kotohogu |
| Korean reading | swu | Vietnamese reading | thọ |
| Traditional Variant(s) | 壽 | old age, long life; lifespan | |
| Semantic Variant(s) | 壽 夀 | ||
| 寿 | [ shòu ] (long) life |
| 寿材 | [ shòu cái ] coffin |
| 寿辰 | [ shòu chén ] birthday (of an old person) |
| 寿丰乡 | [ shòu fēng xīang ] (N) Shoufeng (village in Taiwan) |
| 寿光 | [ shòu gūang ] (N) Shouguang (city in Shandong) |
| 寿礼 | [ shòu lǐ ] birthday present (for an old person) |
| 寿面 | [ shòu mìan ] birthday noodles (for longevity) |
| 寿命 | [ shòu mìng ] life span, life expectancy |
| 寿宁 | [ shòu níng ] (N) Shouning (place in Fujian) |
| 寿司 | [ shòu sī ] sushi |
| 寿桃 | [ shòu táo ] birthday peaches |
| 寿王坟 | [ shòu wáng fén ] (N) Shouwangfen (place in Hebei) |
| 寿县 | [ shòu xìan ] (N) Shou county (county in Anhui) |
| 寿星 | [ shòu xīng ] god of longevity |
| 寿阳 | [ shòu yáng ] (N) Shouyang (place in Shanxi) |
| 寿衣 | [ shòu yī ] burial clothes |
| ⇒ 拜寿 | [ bài shòu ] congratulate an elderly person on his birthday, offer birthday felicitations |
| ⇒ 长寿 | [ cháng shòu ] (n) longevity; ability to live long, (adj) long lived |
| ⇒ 汉寿 | [ hàn shòu ] (N) Hanshou (place in Hunan) |
| ⇒ 灵寿 | [ líng shòu ] (N) Lingshou (place in Hebei) |
| ⇒ 仁寿 | [ rén shòu ] (N) Renshou (place in Sichuan) |
| ⇒ 人寿保险 | [ rén shòu bǎo xǐan ] life insurance |
| ⇒ 万寿山 | [ wàn shòu shān ] name of a place, Longevity Hill, in Summer Palace 颐和园 |
| ⇒ 延寿 | [ yán shòu ] (N) Yanshou (place in Heilongjiang) |
| ⇒ 永寿 | [ yǒng shòu ] (N) Yongshou (place in Shaanxi) |