| 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 ! |
| RTK Index | 1565 |
Tags: jlpt.n1, grades, kanjifreq1001-1500
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