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The kanji 寿: meaning, readings and stroke order
寿
- Meaning
- long life, celebration
- On reading
- ジュ ju
- Kun reading
- ことぶき kotobuki
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 寸 thumb, inch
- Level
- Level 8 · the last years of junior high
- Old form
- 壽
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- sống lâu, chúc mừng (thọ)
- Japanese
- ながいき。めでたい こと。
- Korean
- 장수, 축하 (수)
- Chinese
- 长寿、喜庆
Readings, words and example sentences
ジュ ju · on reading · less common
寿命
life span
電池の 寿命が きました。
The battery has reached the end of its life.
ことぶき kotobuki · kun reading · less common
寿
celebration, congratulations
ふうとうに 寿と 書きます。
I write the kanji for celebration on the envelope.
Practise writing 寿 in the app
In Dino Kids your child writes 寿 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 8 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.
Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.