Keyword
old age
- longevity
- lifespan
- Frequency
- #1681
- Strokes
- 7
Readings
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Mnemonic
Altered form of 老
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in characters
Used in vocabulary
寿命
life span; life expectancy; lifetime (of a machine)
寿
long life; old age; age; life; birthday; funerary
长寿
longevity; long-lived
人寿
human lifespan; life insurance (abbr. for 人寿保险 (rénshòubǎoxiǎn))
寿司
sushi
大寿
(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
life insurance
寿险
life insurance (abbr. for 人寿保险 (rénshòubǎoxiǎn))
祝寿
to offer birthday congratulations (to an elderly person)
延寿
to prolong life; to extend lifespan
寿县
Shou County or Shouxian, a county in Huainan City 淮南市 (HuáinánShì), Anhui
平均寿命
life expectancy
寿星
Canopus (brightest star in the constellation Carina 船底座 (Chuándǐzuò)); Longevity Star; God of Longevity
寿衣
burial clothes
寿终正寝
to die of old age; to die in one's bed at a ripe old age; (fig.) (of a structure or machine etc) to come to the end of its life
寿辰
birthday (of an old person)
福寿
happiness and longevity
延年益寿
(idiom) to prolong life; to extend lifespan
高寿
longevity; venerable age; your venerable age?
仁寿县
Renshou, a county in Meishan City 眉山市 (MéishānShì), Sichuan
灵寿县
Lingshou, a county in Shijiazhuang City 石家庄市 (ShíjiāzhuāngShì), Hebei
万寿无疆
may you enjoy boundless longevity (idiom); long may you live
寿光市
Shouguang, a county-level city in Weifang City 潍坊市 (WéifāngShì), Shandong
长寿区
Changshou, a district of Chongqing 重庆 (Chóngqìng)