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壽

壽 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 長生きであること。
  2. 長生きの祝い。
  3. めでたいこと。
  4. 保存。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「老」+音符「𠃬」+羨符（区別のための記号）「口」+「又」。「長生き」を意味する漢語｛壽｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

longevity, congratulations

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ジュ
  • ス
  • シュウ
Kun (native)
  • ことぶき
  • ことぶ(く)
  • ことほ(ぐ)
Nanori (used in names)
  • かず
  • じ
  • とし
  • ひさ
  • ひさし
Other languages
  • 拼音shou4
  • 한글su
  • Hán-ViệtThọ

Basics

Strokes
14 strokes
Radical
士(さむらい)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+58FD

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿳士乛⿳丅二吋

Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
2-3-11
Four Corner
4064.1
Spahn–Hadamitzky
0a7.15
Heisig
2996
Nelson
1128