Chinese Character 壽 (sau6 | shou4 ) : [1] the life span [2] old age; a long life; lo

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壽
sau6 shou4
[1] the life span [2] old age; a long life; longevity [3] birthday [4] [v] die of old age [5] [v] present another with gold, silk, etc. [6] [v] toast an elder [7] a Chinese family name Stroke count: 14 Level: 3 Radical: 士 (#33) This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
壽 / 寿
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長壽麵 coeng4 sau6 min6 chang2 shou4 mian4 = long life noodles; longevity noodles 壽命 sau6 ming6 shou4 ming4 = life expectancy; life span 長壽 coeng4 sau6 chang2 shou4 = long life; long-lived; longevity 壽桃 sau6 tou4 shou4 tao2 = birthday peaches 壽衣 sau6 ji1 shou4 yi1 = burial clothes 拜壽 baai3 sau6 bai4 shou4 = congratulate an (elderly) person on his birthday 萬壽果 maan6 sau6 gwo2 = papaw, pawpaw 壽司 sau6 si1 shou4 si1 = sushi 壽眉 sau6 mei4 = shoumei tea 壽幛 sau6 zoeng3 = a birthday scroll See all 35 compounds

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Decimal representation of this word: 壽
Unicode code for this character: U+58FD (off-site link)

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