寿
shòuShòu HSK5

old age

寿 (壽) shòu frequency
funerary noun
pertaining to death or burial, used euphemistically

一些老人会提前为自己准备寿衣。

yī​xiē lǎo​rén huì tí​qián wèi zì​jǐ zhǔn​bèi shòu yī.

Some elderly people prepare their burial clothes in advance.

lifespan noun
the age or duration of a person's life

这种古树的寿限可达数千年之久。

zhè zhǒng gǔ shù de shòu xiàn kě dá shù​qiān nián zhī jiǔ.

The lifespan of this ancient tree can reach several thousand years.

longevity idiom
long life or old age

祝您福如东海，寿比南山。

zhù nín fú​rú Dōng Hǎi, shòu​bǐ Nán Shān.

May you have happiness as vast as the Eastern Sea and a life as long as the Southern Mountains.

birthday verb
a birthday celebration, typically for an elderly person

全家人聚在一起为爷爷祝寿。

quán jiā​rén jù zài​yī​qǐ wèi yé​ye zhù shòu.

The whole family gathered to celebrate Grandpa's birthday.

寿 (壽) Shòu
Shou proper name
surname Shou

寿老师是一位很有经验的教育家。

Shòu lǎo​shī shì yī wèi hěn yǒu jīng​yàn de jiào​yù​jiā.

Mr. Shou is a very experienced educator.

Cross-References

Has old variant

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,615th most common 60.2 per million
Movie subtitles
2,182nd most common 14.4 per million appears in 7% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
9.78 per million appears in 3% of films
Written text
18.4 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 5
Traditional
壽
Strokes
7
Unicode
U+5BFF

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)