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Translingual
Han character
壽 (Kangxi radical 33, 士+11, 14 strokes, cangjie input 土弓一戈 (GNMI), four-corner 40641, composition ⿳⿳士乛工一吋)
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
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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禱
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*tuːʔ, *tuːs
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擣
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*tuːʔ
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檮
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*tuːʔ, *duː, *du
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壔
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*tuːʔ
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懤
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*tuːʔ, *du, *dus
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濤
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*duː, *duː
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燾
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*duː, *duːs
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翿
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*duː, *duːs
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幬
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*duːs, *du
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儔
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*duːs, *du
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譸
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*tu
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籌
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*du
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疇
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*du
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躊
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*du
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燽
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*du
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薵
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*du
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魗
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*tʰjuʔ, *dju
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醻
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*dju
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壽
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*djuʔ, *djus
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璹
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*djuʔ, *djuɡ
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鑄
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*tjos
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These forms are seen in bronze inscriptions:
- Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *djuʔ, *djus) : semantic 耂 (“old”) + phonetic 𢏚 (OC *du).
- Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *djuʔ, *djus) : semantic 耂 (“old”) + phonetic 𠷎 () (𦓃).
- 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).
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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壽
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壽
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Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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shòu
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shòu
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Middle Chinese
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‹ dzyuwX ›
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‹ dzyuwH ›
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Old Chinese
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/*uʔ/
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/*uʔ-s/
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English
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longevity
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longevity
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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壽
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壽
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Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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No.
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11707
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11709
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Phonetic component
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壽
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壽
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Rime group
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幽
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幽
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Rime subdivision
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1
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1
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Corresponding MC rime
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受
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授
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Old Chinese
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/*djuʔ/
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/*djus/
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Definitions
壽
- old age; long life
- 福壽雙全/福寿双全 ― fúshòushuāngquán ― to enjoy both felicity and longevity
- life; age
- 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
- (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)
- (Wu, Cantonese) foolish; stupid; cloddish
- 壽頭/寿头 [Shanghainese] ― 6zeu-deu [Wugniu] ― silly person; fool; idiot
- a surname
Compounds
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Definitions
壽
- (Hokkien, Teochew) Alternative form of 岫 (“nest, den or lair of animals”)
Japanese
Kanji
壽
(Jinmeiyō kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 寿)
- longevity, long life
- congratulations
Readings
Usage notes
Seldom used in modern Japanese. See the 寿 entry for further details.
Korean
Hanja
壽 (eum 수 (su))
- long life
- 壽 (eum 장수하다 (jangsuhada))
- To live to a great age
Vietnamese
Han character
Readings
壽: Hán Việt readings: thọ
壽: Nôm readings: thọ
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