壽 (sau6 | shou4) : longevity; birthday; funerary

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壽

sau6

shou4

[1] [n] longevity; life span; old age
[2] [n] (usu of elderly people) birthday
[3] [adj] funerary; for burial

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Stroke count: 14

Level: 1

Radical: 士 (#33)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

壽 / 寿

This word has been viewed 16812 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 19th Apr 2011 15:19

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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 shou4 mei2 = shoumei tea

壽幛 sau6 zoeng3 = a birthday scroll
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Decimal representation of this word: 壽
Unicode code for this character: U+58fd (off-site link)

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