寿
long life; old age; age; life; birthday; funerary
7 strokes
Dict coverage rank #959 U+5BFF
How 寿 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
Altered form of 老
How to remember it
longevity · Heisig RSH #2575
bushes + glue — as a component also called: long, gray, beard
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 寿 as their sound component
These characters all use 寿 (shòu) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 寿 sound component | shòu | old age, longevity; lifespan |
| 筹 | chóu | chip, tally, token; to plan; to raise money |
| 祷 | dǎo | to pray, to entreat, to beg; prayer |
| 铸 | zhù | to melt, to cast; to mint, to coin |
| 涛 | tāo | large waves |
| 畴 | chóu | field, farmland; class, category |
| 踌 | chóu | to falter, to hesitate; smug, self-satisfied |
| 焘 | dào | to shine, to illuminate; to cover, to envelop |
| 帱 | chóu | to cover up; curtain |
| 梼 | táo | wood block; idiot, blockhead |
Words containing 寿
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 寿比南山 | shòu bǐ Nán Shān | Live as long as the Zhongnan Mountains! (idiom); Long may you live! |
| 寿命不长 | shòu mìng bù cháng | one's days are numbered; not to have long to live (often fig.) |
| 长寿区 | Cháng shòu Qū | Changshou, a district of Chongqing 重慶|重庆[Chong2 qing4] |
| 寿光市 | Shòu guāng Shì | Shouguang, a county-level city in Weifang City 濰坊市|潍坊市[Wei2 fang1 Shi4], Shandong |
| 东方寿带 | Dōng fāng shòu dài | (bird species of China) Blyth's paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone affinis) |
| 寿阳县 | Shòu yáng Xiàn | Shouyang, a county in Jinzhong City 晉中市|晋中市[Jin4 zhong1 Shi4], Shanxi |
| 小寿星 | xiǎo shòu xīng | child whose birthday is being celebrated; birthday boy; birthday girl |
| 寿星公 | Shòu xīng gōng | God of Longevity |
| 寿星公 | shòu xīng gōng | see 壽星|寿星[shou4 xing1] |
| 无量寿 | Wú liàng shòu | boundless life (expression of good wishes); Amitayus, the Buddha of measureless life, good… |
| 万寿山 | Wàn shòu shān | Longevity Hill in the Summer Palace 頤和園|颐和园[Yi2 he2 yuan2], Beijing |
| 寿宁县 | Shòu níng Xiàn | Shouning, a county in Ningde City 寧德市|宁德市[Ning2 de2 Shi4], Fujian |
| 回转寿司 | huí zhuǎn shòu sī | conveyor belt sushi (restaurant) |
| 印度寿带 | Yìn dù shòu dài | (bird species of China) Indian paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone paradisi) |
| 汉寿县 | Hàn shòu Xiàn | Hanshou, a county in Changde City 常德市[Chang2 de2 Shi4], Hunan |
| 灵寿县 | Líng shòu Xiàn | Lingshou, a county in Shijiazhuang City 石家莊市|石家庄市[Shi2 jia1 zhuang1 Shi4], Hebei |
| 人寿年丰 | rén shòu nián fēng | long-lived people, rich harvests (idiom); stable and affluent society; prosperity |
| 大寿 | dà shòu | (polite) birthday making the beginning of new decade of life for an older person, especial… |
| 人寿 | rén shòu | human lifespan; life insurance (abbr. for 人壽保險|人寿保险[ren2 shou4 bao3 xian3]) |
| 寿县 | Shòu Xiàn | Shou County or Shouxian, a county in Huainan City 淮南市[Huai2 nan2 Shi4], Anhui |