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English definition life; length of life; longevity
Mandarin pronunciation(s), using the Hanyu Pinyin romanization system shou4
Cantonese pronunciation(s), using the Jyutping romanization system sau6
Cantonese pronunciation(s), using the Yale romanization system sau6
Japanese (Kana) ジュ ことぶき
Semantic variants (x- or y-variants with similar or identical meaning) 寿
Unicode radical / stroke count + 12
Unicode total stroke count 14
Cangjie QMRDI
漢語大字典 <Hanyu Da Zidian> 'Great Chinese Character Dictionary' (in 8 Volumes). Hubei and Sichuan Dictionary Publishing Collectives, 1986-1990. ISBN: 7-5403-0030 2/H.16 volume 1, page 490, character 1
KangXi dictionary, 7th edition published by Zhonghua Bookstore in Beijing, 1989 page 244, position 11 (virtual position)
Cihai (辭海) dictionary, single volume edition, published in Hong Kong by the Zhonghua Bookstore, 1983 (reprint of the 1947 edition), ISBN 962-231-005-2 page 537, row 6, position 1
The Five Thousand Dictionary (Fenn's Chinese-English Pocket Dictionary) by Courtenay H. Fenn, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1979 page 460, position 5
Ten Thousand Characters: An Analytic Dictionary by G. Hugh Casey, S.J. Hong Kong: Kelley and Walsh, 1980 445 1149
A Practical Cantonese-English Dictionary by Sidney Lau, Hong Kong: The Government Printer, 1977 2700
Unicode code point (dec / hex): 22784 / 5900


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