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寿 |
long life, old age, birthday
Left: var. of hand 手, right: skillful hand 寸
Two hands congratulate and wish: a long life. (And: Two hands are needed to roll sushi 寿司.) |
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涛 |
big wave, breaker (wave)
Left: water 氵, right: long life 寿 (two skillful hands 手 & 寸 are needed for Sushi 寿司 and you will have a long life)
Water that has a long life, are the: big breaker waves. |
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铸 |
to cast or found metals
Left: metal 钅/金, right: long life 寿 (two skillful hands 手 & 寸 are needed for Sushi 寿司 and you will have a long life.)
It is metal and has a long life: casted metal. |
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筹 |
chip (gambling), token, ticket, to prepare
Top: bamboo 竹, bottom: long life 寿 (two skillful hands 手 & 寸 are needed for Sushi 寿司 and you will have a long life.)
Made of bamboo by two skillful hands: This token. - OR: Made of bamboo and to gamble a 'long life': This token. |
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畴 |
arable field, cultivated field, class, category
Left: rice field 田, right: long life 寿 (two skillful hands 手 & 寸 are needed for Sushi 寿司 and you will have a long life.)
The field for your long life is: an arable field. |
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祷 |
prayer, pray, to plead
Left: to show, altar 礻/示 (image of an altar with something 一 on), right: long life 寿 (two skillful hands 手 & 寸 are needed for Sushi 寿司 and you will have a long life.)
At the altar you use both hands (for a long life) when: praying. |
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焘 |
cover over, to envelope
Top: long life 寿 (two skillful hands 手 & 寸 are needed for Sushi 寿司 and you will have a long life.), bottom: fire 灬
(Oxygen reduction by a cover causes a slow burning:) A long life has the fire, if it is covered. |
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踌 |
hesitate, pace back and forth, waver
Left: foot/leg 足 (knee cap 口 and footprint 止), right: long life 寿 (Two skillful hands 手 & 寸 are needed to roll Sushi 寿司 and you will have a long life.)
Your feet will give you a long life, if you are hesitating. |
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