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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 寿

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
寿 shòu - surname Shou
寿 shòu - long life
- old age
- age
- life
- birthday
- funerary

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 5,402 5,695 6,700

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

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Type:

Ideographic

Hint:

Altered form of 老

Other Words Containing 寿

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
寿 - - 5,402 5,695 6,700
人寿保险 - - 13,734 20,344 47,545
寿命 5 8 15,453 6,283 7,229
长寿 - 5 15,859 10,510 6,826
寿星 - - 16,031 25,337 12,122
寿险 - - 30,835 13,344 39,808
大寿 - - 33,891 29,904 18,859
寿衣 - - 39,038 72,614 69,673
寿终正寝 - - 39,059 52,602 44,857
折寿 - - 40,500 66,195 30,025
延年益寿 - - 43,546 45,736 30,345
祝寿 - - 45,812 37,893 34,951
福寿 - - 49,938 - -
高寿 - - 57,227 66,532 49,724
人寿 - - 57,864 - -
阳寿 - - 60,457 - 75,803
寿堂 - - 91,167 88,447 73,732