寿 — Chinese character
寿
shòu
old age, longevity; lifespan
- Pinyin
- shòu
- Radical
- 41 ⼨ (Inch)
- Strokes
- 7
- Components
- 丰 寸
- Formation
- ideographic — Altered form of 老
- Traditional
- 壽
- Japanese
- 寿 as a kanji
Common words with 寿
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 寿命 (壽命) | shòu mìng | life span; life expectancy |
| 长寿 (長壽) | cháng shòu | longevity; long-lived |
| 人寿 (人壽) | rén shòu | human lifespan; life insurance (abbr. for 人寿保险 (rén shòu bǎo xiǎn)) |
| 寿司 (壽司) | shòu sī | sushi |
| 大寿 (大壽) | dà shòu | (polite) birthday making the beginning of new decade of life for an older person, especially over 50 years old (e.g. 60th or 70th birthday) |
| 人寿保险 (人壽保險) | rén shòu bǎo xiǎn | life insurance |
| 寿险 (壽險) | shòu xiǎn | life insurance (abbr. for 人寿保险 (rén shòu bǎo xiǎn)) |
| 祝寿 (祝壽) | zhù shòu | to offer birthday congratulations (to an elderly person) |
| 延寿 (延壽) | yán shòu | to prolong life; to extend lifespan |
| 平均寿命 (平均壽命) | píng jūn shòu mìng | life expectancy |
| 寿星 (壽星) | shòu xīng | elderly person whose birthday is being celebrated |
| 寿衣 (壽衣) | shòu yī | burial clothes |
English words written with 寿
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.