EntryCommonJLPT N2WaniKani 35
  1. Noun

    lifespan; life; lifetime

    これらの発見のおかげで人間の寿命が以前の2倍になった。
    Thanks to these discoveries, man's life span has become twice as long as before.
  2. life (of a battery, lightbulb, etc.); service life; end of an object's (useful) life

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Characters in this word

2
寿
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

longevity, congratulations, one's natural life

Kun
ことぶきことぶ.くことほ.ぐ
On
ジュシュウ
Strokes
7
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1245 of 2500
Radical
inch
WaniKani
Level 35

Built from

Used in names as

かずじゅうすっすみとしとしかつながのぶのりひさひさしやす

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
4-7-4SKIP code
0a7.15The Kanji Dictionary
5034.0, 5004.0Four corner code
1448deroo
5bffUnicode hex code
1-28-87JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
194Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1374New Nelson (John Haig)
3557New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4372Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2215Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2979Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1565Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1687Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1132A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
539Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1786Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
7419PMorohashi
1351A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1550Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1652Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1221Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1115Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1327Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
501Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1579Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
shou4Pinyin reading
suKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
35WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

fate, command, decree, destiny, life, appoint

Kun
いのち
On
メイミョウ
Strokes
8
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N3
Frequency
465 of 2500
Radical
mouth
WaniKani
Level 11

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
2-2-6, 2-3-5SKIP code
2a6.26The Kanji Dictionary
8062.7Four corner code
2844deroo
547dUnicode hex code
1-44-31JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
430Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
767New Nelson (John Haig)
2058New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2553Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1303Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1772Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1400Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1502Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
388A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
671Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
387Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
3473Morohashi
394A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
578Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
587Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
519sakade
411Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
416henshall3
316Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
249crowley
997Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
325Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1412Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
ming4Pinyin reading
myeongKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
11WaniKani level