Chinese symbol for “longevity”
长寿
cháng shòu
Traditional: 長壽
longevity; long-lived
The closest CC-CEDICT match for longevity is 长寿 (cháng shòu), defined as: longevity; long-lived.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “longevity”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 高寿 (高壽) | gāo shòu | longevity; venerable age |
| 松鹤遐龄 (松鶴遐齡) | sōng hè xiá líng | longevity |
| 嘏 | gǔ | good fortune; longevity |
| 遐龄 (遐齡) | xiá líng | advanced age; longevity |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 长寿.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 增长 (增長) | zēng zhǎng | to grow; to increase |
| 长期 (長期) | cháng qī | long-term; for a protracted period |
| 部长 (部長) | bù zhǎng | head of a (government etc) department; section chief |
| 成长 (成長) | chéng zhǎng | to mature; to grow |
| 市长 (市長) | shì zhǎng | mayor |
| 家长 (家長) | jiā zhǎng | head of a household; family head |
| 寿命 (壽命) | shòu mìng | life span; life expectancy |
| 人寿 (人壽) | rén shòu | human lifespan; life insurance (abbr. for 人寿保险 (rén shòu bǎo xiǎn)) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “longevity”.
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.