寿 – longevity, congratulations, one's natural life

7 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1245 in newspaper frequencyN2 vocabulary

The kanji 寿 means longevity, congratulations, one's natural life. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ジュ、ス、シュウ (ju, su, shuu); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ことぶき、ことぶ.く、ことほ.ぐ (kotobuki, kotobuku, kotohogu). It is written with 7 strokes, under radical 寸 (no. 41).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ジュ	ju
On’yomi	ス	su
On’yomi	シュウ	shuu
Kun’yomi	ことぶき	kotobuki
Kun’yomi	ことぶ.く	kotobuku
Kun’yomi	ことほ.ぐ	kotohogu

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 寸 (Kangxi radical 41). Components: ノ・一・寸・二.

Words using 寿

寿命じゅみょうlifespan

Example sentences

これらの発見のおかげで人間の寿命が以前の２倍になった。

Thanks to these discoveries, man's life span has become twice as long as before.

Tatoeba #217805

作動温度が高いと、潤滑剤の寿命は短くなる。

High operating temperatures shorten lubricant life.

Tatoeba #170170

Kanji with the same radical

対導専将寺射封尊尋寸

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