Chinese symbol for “funerary”
寿
shòu
Traditional: 壽
long life; old age; age; life
The closest CC-CEDICT match for funerary is 寿 (shòu), defined as: long life; old age; age; life; birthday; funerary.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character 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 |
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.