The Chinese Radical: 寿




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Meaning
long life    寿

Explanation

Used in these characters:
寿
HSK 5
long life, old age, birthday
shòu
寿
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.)  
HSK 6
big wave, breaker (wave)
tāo
寿
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.  
HSK 6
to cast or found metals
zhù
寿
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.  
HSK 6
chip (gambling), token, ticket, to prepare
chóu
寿
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.  
HSK 6
arable field, cultivated field, class, category
chóu
寿
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.  
no HSK
prayer, pray, to plead
dǎo
寿
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.  
no HSK
cover over, to envelope
dào
寿
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.  
no HSK
hesitate, pace back and forth, waver
chóu
寿
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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