1. 壽
  2. 命

壽

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  • 1613th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 41 words
  • Component in 6 characters

Decomposition

1Once
壽→
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2Radical
壽→
士scholar㇖N/A工work一one口mouth寸thumb
3Graphical
壽→
一丨一㇖一丨一一口𠂇亅丶

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shòu (Shou4)surname Shou
2. shòu (shou4)long life • old age • age • life • birthday • funerary

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for 壽 shòu (shou4)The component 士 is pronounced as 'shì' (shi4). It has the same pinyin initial.
2. Pronunciation clue for 壽 shòu (shou4)The component 口 is pronounced as 'kǒu' (kou3). It has the same pinyin final.
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Appears In

壽 also appears in:
禱籌鑄醻譸軇

Example Words

High Frequency

寿司 (壽司)
寿命 (壽命)
寿星 (壽星)
长寿 (長壽)

Medium Frequency

寿光 (壽光)
寿比南山 (壽比南山)
寿终正寝 (壽終正寢)
寿面 (壽麵)
延寿 (延壽)
延年益寿 (延年益壽)
祝寿 (祝壽)
高寿 (高壽)
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命

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  • 258th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.09% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 95 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
命→
亼叩
2Radical
命→
人human一one口mouth卩seal
3Graphical
命→
人一口丨㇆

Pinyin & Meaning

1. mìng (ming4)life • fate • order or command • to assign a name, title etc

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

High Frequency

命 
命运 (命運)
生命 
革命 

Medium Frequency

人命 
使命 
偿命 (償命)
命中 
命令 
命名 
命题 (命題)
寿命 (壽命)
天命 
宿命 
拼命 
救命 
死命 
生命力 
相依为命 (相依為命)
算命 
维他命 (維他命)
致命 
苦命 
要命 
认命 (認命)
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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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