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壽

简寿 · 繁壽

Mandarin · pinyin shòu#

Mandarin · pinyin Shòu#

surname Shou

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壽: Look up this written character
寿: shòu · old age, long life; lifespan

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4 · shou4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

sau6

Cantonese word readings for 壽. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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character · Etymology 1

old age; long life
life; age
birthday
(euphemistic) funerary (especially prepared before one's death)
(Cantonese, euphemistic) coffin (Classifier: 副 c)
(Wu, Cantonese) foolish; stupid; cloddish
a surname

character · Etymology 2

(Hokkien, Teochew) alternative form of 岫 (“nest, den or lair of animals”)

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