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See also: 寿, , and 🉢
U+58FD, 壽
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-58FD

[U+58FC]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+58FE]

Translingual

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Han character

(Kangxi radical 33, +11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 土弓一戈 (GNMI), four-corner 40641, composition ⿳⿳)

Derived characters

Descendants

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 244, character 4
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5672
  • Dae Jaweon: page 484, character 10
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 483, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+58FD
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Chinese

Glyph origin

More information Historical forms of the character 壽, Western Zhou ...

In bronze inscriptions, one of the forms is a phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声) composed of semantic (old) + phonetic 𢏚 (OC *du). It can additionally bear a decorative symbol () or two ( and ).

The common traditional form is evolved from the composition with the two decorative symbols, with becoming .

Etymology 1

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Pronunciation



  • Dialectal data
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Definitions

  1. old age; long life
    雙全寿双全   shòushuāngquán   to enjoy both felicity and longevity
  2. life; age
  3. birthday
    寿   shòuchén   birthday
    寿   zhùshòu   to congratulate a person (usually an elderly person) on his or her birthday
  4. (euphemistic) funerary (especially prepared before one's death)
    寿   shòucái   coffin prepared before one's death
    寿   shòu   burial shroud (prepared before one's death)
  5. (Wu, Cantonese) foolish; stupid; cloddish
    寿 [Shanghainese]   6zeu-deu [Wugniu]   silly person; fool; idiot
  6. a surname

Compounds

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation


Definitions

  1. (Hokkien, Teochew) alternative form of (nest, den or lair of animals)
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Japanese

Shinjitai

寿

Kyūjitai

Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 寿)

  1. longevity, long life
  2. congratulations

Readings

Usage notes

Seldom used in modern Japanese. See the 寿 entry for further details.

Korean

Hanja

(eum (su))

  1. long life
    (eum 장수하다 (jangsuhada))
    To live to a great age

Vietnamese

Han character

Readings

: Hán Việt readings: thọ
: Nôm readings: thọ

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