Japanese Kanji
寿ju
longevity · congratulations · one's natural life
Secondary school · JLPT N1 · 7 strokes
Longevity, congratulations, one's natural life.
寿 is part of the secondary school jōyō kanji — the full set of characters used in everyday Japanese. In the JLPT proficiency test it appears at N1 (advanced) level. With 7 strokes, this character appears in numerous compound words throughout written Japanese.
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