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RTK / HeisigFrame #1687

寿

longevity

Lv 35

Strokes: 7

JLPT: Not in JLPT

Jōyō: Not Jōyō

Meanings

longevity RTKLifespan

Community Mnemonic

585 votes

This old China man glued shrubs to his body. The added intake of oxygen from the shrubs was, according to him, the secret of his longevity. Sometimes he would sit all day in meditation without moving, and the locals believed the old man had actually turned into a shrub !

Source: Kanji Koohii community

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