壽
surname Shou
寿
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丰
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寸
:
Mnemonic symbol: 寿桃包, a longevity peach bun.
Sherlock Holmes (sh) wants to have a long life, so he decided to just stay in a golden cage (丰) in the outhouse's bathroom (ou4) and has someone bring him longevity peach buns (寿) every now and then. Every time he gets his snack he gives the person the thumbs up (寸).
Sherlock Holmes (sh) wants to have a long life, so he decided to just stay in a golden cage (丰) in the outhouse's bathroom (ou4) and has someone bring him longevity peach buns (寿) every now and then. Every time he gets his snack he gives the person the thumbs up (寸).
long life / old age / age / life / birthday / funerary
寿
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丰
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寸
:
Mnemonic symbol: 寿桃包, a longevity peach bun.
Sherlock Holmes (sh) wants to have a long life, so he decided to just stay in a golden cage (丰) in the outhouse's bathroom (ou4) and has someone bring him longevity peach buns (寿) every now and then. Every time he gets his snack he gives the person the thumbs up (寸).
Sherlock Holmes (sh) wants to have a long life, so he decided to just stay in a golden cage (丰) in the outhouse's bathroom (ou4) and has someone bring him longevity peach buns (寿) every now and then. Every time he gets his snack he gives the person the thumbs up (寸).
壽 character breakdown
second of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / second in order / letter "B" or Roman "II" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / second party (in legal contract, usually 乙方[yi3 fang1], as opposed to 甲方[jia3 fang1]) / ethyl / bent / winding / radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 5) / ancient Chinese compass point: 105°
Who's second always gets a silver medal.
Maud Younger is proudly holding her silver medal in the camera.
The character 乙 actually looks like the character 2.
member of the senior ministerial class (old) / scholar (old) / bachelor / honorific / soldier / noncommissioned officer / specialist worker
work / worker / skill / profession / trade / craft / labor
工
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二
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丨
:
Mnemonic symbol: a steel beam, since 工 looks like the cross section of a steel beam.
Gitta Giraffe (gu) is working a shift in front of the engine ((e)ng1). Her job is to melt dinosaur bones (丨) so that they can be disposed off easily. To melt the bones, she is shorting a huge capacitor (二) with a steel beam (工) which consequently heats up to a bright glow. Using the glowing hot steel beam she can melt the dinosaur bone easily.
Gitta Giraffe (gu) is working a shift in front of the engine ((e)ng1). Her job is to melt dinosaur bones (丨) so that they can be disposed off easily. To melt the bones, she is shorting a huge capacitor (二) with a steel beam (工) which consequently heats up to a bright glow. Using the glowing hot steel beam she can melt the dinosaur bone easily.
Characters with 壽 as component
chip (in gambling) / token (for counting) / ticket / to prepare / to plan / to raise (funds) / resource / means
筹
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⺮
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寿
:
Charlie Chaplin (ch) is gambling in the outhouse's kitchen (ou2). He already lost a couple of longevity peach buns (寿), and his debt is engraved on a bamboo stick (⺮) which serves as token for counting (筹). To win his longevity peach buns back he devises a strategy: he plans (筹) to use crowd funding (筹) to make up for his loss.
chip (in gambling); token (for counting); ticket / to prepare; to plan; to raise (funds) / resource; way; means
big wave / Taiwan pr. [tao2]
Words with 壽
(polite) birthday making the beginning of new decade of life for an older person, especially over 50 years old (e.g. 60th or 70th birthday)
to make life longer / to promise longevity / (this product will) extend your life
child whose birthday is being celebrated / birthday boy / birthday girl
Li Yanshou (fl. 650), compiler of History of the Southern 南史 and Northern Dynasties 北史
to die young / (Tw) (curse word) drop dead / go to hell / (literary) short life and long life
Sentences with 壽
壽 currently does not appear in any sentence.