shòu
old age
The top component is a remnant of 老 (old). The origin of the bottom component is unclear.
Bronze script
Seal script
Clerical script
Regular script
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[N-t]uʔ | dzyuwX | shòu | longevity |
*[N-t]uʔ-s | dzyuwH | shòu | longevity |
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 6.5513% of movies
2182nd most common character in movies
1615th most common character in books
Strokes | 14 |
Simplified | |
Unicode | U+58FD |
Shuowen | “壽,久也。从老省,聲。” |