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

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Japanese 寿
Simplified 寿
Traditional

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

Chinese

Glyph origin

These forms are seen in bronze inscriptions:

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

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

Etymology 1

trad.
simp. 寿
alternative forms

Pronunciation



  • Dialectal data
Variety Location
Mandarin Beijing /ʂou⁵¹/
Harbin /ʂou⁵³/
Tianjin /ʂou⁵³/
/sou⁵³/
Jinan /ʂou²¹/
Qingdao /ʃou⁴²/
Zhengzhou /ʂou³¹²/
Xi'an /ʂou⁴⁴/
Xining /ʂɯ²¹³/
Yinchuan /ʂəu¹³/
Lanzhou /ʂou¹³/
Ürümqi /ʂɤu²¹³/
Wuhan /səu³⁵/
Chengdu /səu¹³/
Guiyang /səu²¹³/
Kunming /ʂəu²¹²/
Nanjing /ʂəɯ⁴⁴/
Hefei /ʂɯ⁵³/
Jin Taiyuan /səu⁴⁵/
Pingyao /ʂəu³⁵/
Hohhot /səu⁵⁵/
Wu Shanghai /zɤ²³/
Suzhou /zɤ³¹/
Hangzhou /zei¹³/
Wenzhou /jɤu²²/
Hui Shexian /ɕiu²²/
Tunxi /ɕiu¹¹/
Xiang Changsha /ʂəu⁵⁵/
/ʂəu¹¹/
Xiangtan /ʂəɯ²¹/
Gan Nanchang /sɨu²¹/
Hakka Meixian /su⁵³/
Taoyuan /ʃu⁵⁵/
Cantonese Guangzhou /sɐu²²/
Nanning /sɐu²²/
Hong Kong /sɐu²²/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /siu²²/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /sieu²⁴²/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /siu⁴⁴/
Shantou (Teochew) /siu³¹/
Haikou (Hainanese) /tiu³³/

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (25) (25)
Final () (136) (136)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter dzyuwX dzyuwH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/d͡ʑɨuX/ /d͡ʑɨuH/
Pan
Wuyun
/d͡ʑiuX/ /d͡ʑiuH/
Shao
Rongfen
/d͡ʑiəuX/ /d͡ʑiəuH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/d͡ʑuwX/ /d͡ʑuwH/
Li
Rong
/ʑiuX/ /ʑiuH/
Wang
Li
/ʑĭəuX/ /ʑĭəuH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʑi̯ə̯uX/ /ʑi̯ə̯uH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
shòu shòu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
sau6 sau6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
shòu shòu
Middle
Chinese
‹ dzyuwX › ‹ dzyuwH ›
Old
Chinese
/*uʔ/ /*uʔ-s/
English longevity longevity

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.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 11707 11709
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*djuʔ/ /*djus/

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

trad.
simp. 寿

Pronunciation


Definitions

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

Japanese

Shinjitai

寿

Kyūjitai

Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanjikyūjitai 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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