壽

壽 (Kangxi radical 33, 士+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 土弓一戈 (GNMI), four-corner 4064₁, composition ⿳⿳士乛工一吋)

• 儔 嚋 壔 嬦 嶹 幬 懤 擣 檮 濤 燽 㹗 璹 疇 㿧 禱 䊭 䌧 譸 躊 軇 醻 鑄 隯 䮻 䲖 䬞 翿 魗 㿒 籌 薵 㦞 燾
• 𣋬 𤘀 𥌆 𥖲 𦡴 𦦰 𫇠 𫋤 𩟕 𧈙 𣀓 𣀘 𣤫 𣫐 𨞪 𩕯 𪇘 𠠐 𡕐 𡕑 𦏟 𩯦 𦦾 𣝷 𭷈 𮖻 𬰯

• 寿

• 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

Historical forms of the character 壽
Western Zhou	Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script

These forms are seen in bronze inscriptions:

1. Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *djuʔ, *djus) : semantic 耂 (“old”) + phonetic 𢏚 (OC *du).
2. Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *djuʔ, *djus) : semantic 耂 (“old”) + phonetic 𠷎 () (𦓃).
3. Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *djuʔ, *djus) : semantic 耂 (“old”) + phonetic 𠼡 ().

The current traditional glyph is from the composition #3, with 又 (yòu) becoming 寸 (cùn) (耂 + 𠾉).

壽

1. old age; long life

   福壽雙全／福寿双全  ―  fúshòushuāngquán  ―  to enjoy both felicity and longevity

2. life; age
3. birthday

   壽辰／寿辰  ―  shòuchén  ―  birthday

   祝壽／祝寿  ―  zhùshòu  ―  to congratulate a person (usually an elderly person) on his or her birthday

4. (euphemistic) funerary (especially prepared before one's death)

   壽材／寿材  ―  shòucái  ―  coffin prepared before one's death

   壽衣／寿衣  ―  shòuyī  ―  burial shroud (prepared before one's death)

5. (Wu, Cantonese) foolish; stupid; cloddish

   壽頭／寿头 [Shanghainese]  ―  ⁶zeu-deu [Wugniu]  ―  silly person; fool; idiot

6. a surname

壽

1. (Hokkien, Teochew) Alternative form of 岫 (“nest, den or lair of animals”)

(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 寿)

1. longevity, long life
2. congratulations

• Go-on: じゅ (ju)
• Kan-on: しゅう (shū)
• Kan’yō-on: す (su)
• Kun: ことぶき (kotobuki, 壽)、ことぶく (kotobuku, 壽く)、く (ku)、ことほぐ (kotohogu, 壽ぐ)、ぐ (gu)
• Nanori: かず (kazu)、じ (ji)、じゅう (jū)、すっ (su')、すみ (sumi)、とし (toshi)、としかつ (toshikatsu)、なが (naga)、のぶ (nobu)、のり (nori)、ひさ (hisa)、ひさし (hisashi)、やす (yasu)、やすし (yasushi)

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

壽 (eum 수 (su))

1. long life

   壽 (eum 장수하다 (jangsuhada))

   To live to a great age

壽: Hán Việt readings: thọ
壽: Nôm readings: thọ

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