What is the Kanji for "Long life", "Congratulation", "Longevity", and "Lifespan"?

If you are wondering what is the Japanese Kanji for "Long life", "Congratulation", "Longevity", and "Lifespan", you've come to the right place!

The Japanese Kanji for "Long life", "Congratulation", "Longevity", and "Lifespan" is "寿".

This kanji has 3 readings:

Its kunyomi reading is "Kotobuki".

Its onyomi readings are "Su" and "Ju".

kunyomi readings are based on the pronunciation of native Japanese words, and onyomi readings are based on the Chinese pronunciation of the character.

If you visually breakdown this kanji, you can see is made up of 3 parts:

The kanji "三" means "Three" and can be read as "San" and "Mi". The radical "丿" means "Katakana no" . And The kanji "寸" means "Measurement" and can be read as "Sun".

Now, let's make sure you understand this kanji the other way around too.

What does the kanji "寿" mean in japanese?

"寿" means "Long life", "Congratulation", "Longevity", and "Lifespan".

Japanese School Students learn this kanji in Junior Highschool, while foreigners may learn this kanji in preparation for the JLPT exam.

Here are some words that use this kanji:

寿命: "Lifespan". The Japanese noun '寿命 (じゅみょう)' refers to the natural length or duration of a person's life. It can be used to describe the typical or expected lifespan of a person, animal, or even something non-living. For example: The average lifespan of a person in this country is 80 years - (この国の平均寿命は80歳です). The lifespan of this light bulb is about 1,000 hours - (この電球の寿命は約1,000時間です).

寿司: "Sushi". The Japanese noun '寿司 (すし)' refers to a traditional Japanese dish consisting of bite-sized portions of cooked vinegared rice topped with raw seafood or other ingredients. Sushi is commonly served in restaurants and is a popular food in Japan and around the world. For example: I love eating sushi - (寿司を食べるのが好きです). Let's go for sushi tonight - (今夜寿司を食べに行きましょう).

To make really sure you learn this Kanji, I've prepared an interactive lesson for you. You are going to learn the readings and meanings of this kanji.

But first, you need to know a little bit about Hiragana and Katakana.

Hiragana and katakana are japanese syllabaries, this means that each character represents a syllable.

This are the characters you need to know for this lesson:

The hiragana "す" is read as "su". The hiragana "じ" is read as "ji". The hiragana "こ" is read as "ko". The hiragana "と" is read as "to". The hiragana "ぶ" is read as "bu". And The hiragana "き" is read as "ki".

Heres a quick tutorial on how to use it. You'll be asked three type of questions: meaning, reading, and writing.

For meanings questions all you have to do is type the english meaning. If there is more than one meaning, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Reading questions you have to type the reading in romaji (roman letters, our normal alphabet) and it'll be automatically converted to hiragana if necessary. If there is more than one reading, you have to include them all in your answer separating them by commas (,).

For Writing questions some options will appear and all you have to do is select the correct ones.