寿
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long life; old age; age; life; birthday; funerary
- HSK 3.0
- Level 5
- Old HSK
- Level 5
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 寸 +4
- Structure
- Upper-left enclosure 左上包
- Traditional
- 壽
- Common rank
- #958
- Unicode
- U+5BFF
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 寿
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 寿比南山 | Live as long as the Zhongnan Mountains! (idiom); Long may you live! | |
| 寿命不长 | one's days are numbered; not to have long to live (often fig.) | |
| 长寿区 | Changshou, a district of Chongqing 重慶|重庆[Chong2 qing4] | |
| 寿光市 | Shouguang, a county-level city in Weifang City 濰坊市|潍坊市[Wei2 fang1 Shi4], Shandong | |
| 东方寿带 | (bird species of China) Blyth's paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone affinis) | |
| 寿阳县 | Shouyang, a county in Jinzhong City 晉中市|晋中市[Jin4 zhong1 Shi4], Shanxi | |
| 小寿星 | child whose birthday is being celebrated; birthday boy; birthday girl | |
| 寿星公 | God of Longevity | |
| 寿星公 | see 壽星|寿星[shou4 xing1] | |
| 无量寿 | boundless life (expression of good wishes); Amitayus, the Buddha of measureless life, good… | |
| 万寿山 | Longevity Hill in the Summer Palace 頤和園|颐和园[Yi2 he2 yuan2], Beijing | |
| 寿宁县 | Shouning, a county in Ningde City 寧德市|宁德市[Ning2 de2 Shi4], Fujian | |
| 回转寿司 | conveyor belt sushi (restaurant) | |
| 印度寿带 | (bird species of China) Indian paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone paradisi) | |
| 汉寿县 | Hanshou, a county in Changde City 常德市[Chang2 de2 Shi4], Hunan | |
| 灵寿县 | Lingshou, a county in Shijiazhuang City 石家莊市|石家庄市[Shi2 jia1 zhuang1 Shi4], Hebei | |
| 人寿年丰 | long-lived people, rich harvests (idiom); stable and affluent society; prosperity | |
| 人寿 | human lifespan; life insurance (abbr. for 人壽保險|人寿保险[ren2 shou4 bao3 xian3]) | |
| 大寿 | (polite) birthday making the beginning of new decade of life for an older person, especial… | |
| 寿县 | Shou County or Shouxian, a county in Huainan City 淮南市[Huai2 nan2 Shi4], Anhui |
Sound family
These characters use 寿 as their sound component — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 寿 sound part | old age, longevity; lifespan | |
| 筹 | chip, tally, token; to plan; to raise money | |
| 祷 | to pray, to entreat, to beg; prayer | |
| 铸 | to melt, to cast; to mint, to coin | |
| 涛 | large waves | |
| 畴 | field, farmland; class, category | |
| 踌 | to falter, to hesitate; smug, self-satisfied | |
| 焘 | to shine, to illuminate; to cover, to envelop | |
| 帱 | to cover up; curtain | |
| 梼 | wood block; idiot, blockhead |