Question

寿 ことぶき、ことぶ.く、ことほ.ぐ longevity, congratulations, ones natural life 1 1245 7 33 さむらい 形声 Phonetic In an attempt to increase a bush's longevity, an incompitent gardener glues all the leaves back on that have fallen off. Maybe he should have tried watering it instead.

Accepted Answer

ジュ、ス、シュウ かず, じ, じゅう, すっ, すみ, とし, としかつ, なが, のぶ, のり, ひさ, ひさし, やす 寿命(じゅみょう): life span S 三: three丿: katakana no radical (no. 4)寸: measurement; foot/10 士 3 壽 longevity This old China man glued shrubs to his body. The added intake of oxygen from the shrubs was, according to him, the secret of his longevity. Sometimes he would sit all day in meditation without moving, and the locals believed the old man had actually turned into a shrub !

Kanji	寿
Onyomi	ジュ、ス、シュウ
Kunyomi	ことぶき、ことぶ.く、ことほ.ぐ
Nanori	かず, じ, じゅう, すっ, すみ, とし, としかつ, なが, のぶ, のり, ひさ, ひさし, やす
English	longevity, congratulations, ones natural life
Examples	寿命(じゅみょう): life span
JLPT Level	1
Jouyou Grade	S
Frequency	1245
Components	三: three 丿: katakana no radical (no. 4) 寸: measurement; foot/10
Number of Strokes	7
Kanji Radical	士
Radical Number	33
Radical Strokes	3
Radical Reading	さむらい
Traditional Form	壽
Classification	形声 Phonetic
Keyword	longevity
Koohii Story 1	In an attempt to increase a bush's longevity, an incompitent gardener glues all the leaves back on that have fallen off. Maybe he should have tried watering it instead.
Koohii Story 2	This old China man glued shrubs to his body. The added intake of oxygen from the shrubs was, according to him, the secret of his longevity. Sometimes he would sit all day in meditation without moving, and the locals believed the old man had actually turned into a shrub !

Longevity Life Man Shrubs 寿 ジュ、ス、シュウ ことぶき、ことぶ.く、ことほ.ぐ かず

Longevity Life Man Shrubs 寿ジュ、ス、シュウことぶき、ことぶ.く、ことほ.ぐかず