福禄寿

See also: 福祿壽

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 福禄寿 – see 福祿壽 (“Fu Lu Shou; happiness, wealth and longevity; etc.”). (This term is the simplified form of 福祿壽).
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

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Alternative spelling
福祿壽 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 福祿壽 / 福禄寿 (Fú-Lù-Shòu). Considered in Japan to be one of the Seven Lucky Gods starting from the Muromachi Period.

七(しち)福(ふく)神(じん) (Shichi Fukujin): the Seven Lucky Gods
布(ほ)袋(てい) (Hotei): the fat and happy god of abundance and good health
寿(じゅ)老(ろう)人(じん) (Jurōjin): god of longevity
毘(び)沙(しゃ)門(もん)天(てん) (Bishamonten): god of warriors
弁(べん)才(ざい)天(てん) (Benzaiten), 弁(べん)財(ざい)天(てん) (Benzaiten): goddess of knowledge, art and beauty, especially music
吉(きつ)祥(しょう)天(てん) (Kitsushōten) the goddess of happiness, charm and beauty, of fertility, nature, and of human creativity, and the patronesses of joy, amusement and festivities.
大(だい)黒(こく)天(てん) (Daikokuten): god of wealth, commerce and trade.
恵比須(えびす), 恵比寿(えびす), 夷(えびす), 戎(えびす) (Ebisu): god of fishers or merchants

Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN