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Chinese surname · rank 380

寿

寿 is read as shòu.

Pinyin

shòu

Script forms

Simplified 寿 · Traditional 壽

Basic meaning

old age, long life; lifespan

Five element

Earth

Origin

Time: Spring and Autumn tradition, 770-476 BCE

Place: Spring and Autumn Wu state in the lower Yangtze region; Jingzhao commandery prestige geography; later Zhejiang Zhuji and Manchu-banner related Shoushan name-adoption context

Origin note

Shou/寿 is not explained here simply as the everyday idea of long life. The strongest surname-origin layer connects it with Wu King Shoumeng: later Wu royal descendants are said to have used the ancestor name Shou as a surname. A second traditional layer, from Lushi-style accounts, links some Shou lineages with descendants of Pengzu, using longevity as a commemorative surname idea. A later Qing layer records children of Shoushan adopting Shou as a surname. These layers are separate from the dictionary meaning of 寿 as lifespan, long life, birthday, or blessing.

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