祿 in Chinese / Japanese...

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Prosperity

(also means salary)

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lù

fuchi

록

祿 is occasionally used in China to mean prosperity or good fortune.
祿 once meant the “official's salary” in old feudal China and Korea (obviously, the officials lived well, so you can imagine how this was associated with the idea of being prosperous).

祿 is only used in Korean historical documents for “salary.” In old Japanese, this means fief, allowance, stipend, reward, pension, grant, and sometimes happiness depending on context. It's very obscure in modern Japanese.

We have other entries that are better suited for a prosperity wall scroll. This entry just addresses “the coffee cup issue” where this character has been used on coffee cups and tee-shirts. However, without context, the meaning is ambiguous to some.

Nero

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ní lǜ

This is a common transliteration to Mandarin Chinese for the name Nero.

This is also the name of Nero, the Roman emperor in Mandarin.

Fu Lu Shou

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fú lù shòu

fūk luhk sauh

These are the short titles for Sanxing or 三星 (Three Stars).

福祿壽 are the gods of Jupiter, Ursa Major, and Sirius. Fu, Lu, and Shou represent fortune (福), presiding over the planet Jupiter, prosperity (祿), presiding over Ursa Major, and longevity (壽), presiding over Sirius.

In old Chinese folk religion, they are often represented as three old bearded wise men.

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Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese	Pronunciation Romanization	Simple Dictionary Definition
祿禄 see styles	lù lu4 lu roku ろく	More info & calligraphy: Prosperity good fortune; official salary (out-dated kanji) stipend; reward prosperity
世祿世禄 see styles	shì lù shi4 lu4 shih lu	世祿 Custom Scroll hereditary benefits such as rank and wealth
俸祿俸禄 see styles	fèng lù feng4 lu4 feng lu houroku / horoku ほうろく	俸祿 Custom Scroll official's salary (in feudal times) retainer's stipend; official pay; salary
利祿利禄 see styles	lì lù li4 lu4 li lu	利祿 Custom Scroll wealth and official post
回祿回禄 see styles	huí lù hui2 lu4 hui lu	回祿 Custom Scroll traditional Fire God; destruction by fire
天祿天禄 see styles	tiān lù tian1 lu4 t`ien lu tien lu	天祿 Custom Scroll auspicious sculpted animal, usu. a unicorn or deer with a long tail; possession of the empire See: 天禄
尸祿尸禄 see styles	shī lù shi1 lu4 shih lu	尸祿 Custom Scroll to hold a sinecure
懷祿怀禄 see styles	huái lù huai2 lu4 huai lu	懷祿 Custom Scroll to yearn for a high official position
曲祿曲禄 see styles	qǔ lù qu3 lu4 ch`ü lu chü lu kyōroku	曲祿 Custom Scroll monk's chair
無祿无禄 see styles	wú lù wu2 lu4 wu lu	無祿 Custom Scroll to be unsalaried; to be unfortunate; death
爵祿爵禄 see styles	jué lù jue2 lu4 chüeh lu shakuroku	爵祿 Custom Scroll rank and emolument of nobility rank and emolument
祉祿祉禄 see styles	zhǐ lù zhi3 lu4 chih lu	祉祿 Custom Scroll happiness and wealth
祿位禄位 see styles	lù wèi lu4 wei4 lu wei	祿位 Custom Scroll official rank and salary
祿俸禄俸 see styles	lù fèng lu4 feng4 lu feng	祿俸 Custom Scroll official pay
祿勸禄劝 see styles	lù quàn lu4 quan4 lu ch`üan lu chüan	祿勸 Custom Scroll Luquan Yizu Miaozu autonomous county in Yunnan
祿命禄命 see styles	lù mìng lu4 ming4 lu ming	祿命 Custom Scroll person's lot through life
祿子 see styles	sachiko さちこ	祿子 Custom Scroll (female given name) Sachiko
祿山 see styles	rokuzan ろくざん	祿山 Custom Scroll (given name) Rokuzan
祿星禄星 see styles	lù xīng lu4 xing1 lu hsing	祿星 Custom Scroll Star God of Rank and Affluence (Daoism)
祿秩禄秩 see styles	lù zhì lu4 zhi4 lu chih	祿秩 Custom Scroll official rank and pay
祿籍禄籍 see styles	lù jí lu4 ji2 lu chi	祿籍 Custom Scroll good fortune and reputation
祿蠹禄蠹 see styles	lù dù lu4 du4 lu tu	祿蠹 Custom Scroll sinecurist
祿豐禄丰 see styles	lù fēng lu4 feng1 lu feng	祿豐 Custom Scroll Lufeng County in Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture 楚雄彞族自治州\|楚雄彝族自治州[Chu3 xiong2 Yi2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Yunnan
祿食禄食 see styles	lù shí lu4 shi2 lu shih	祿食 Custom Scroll official pay
祿養禄养 see styles	lù yǎng lu4 yang3 lu yang	祿養 Custom Scroll to support sb with official pay
祿餌禄饵 see styles	lù ěr lu4 er3 lu erh	祿餌 Custom Scroll official pay as bait (for talent)
福祿福禄 see styles	fú lù fu2 lu4 fu lu fukuroku	福祿 Custom Scroll Happiness and emolument, good fortune here or hereafter.
秩祿秩禄 see styles	zhì lù zhi4 lu4 chih lu	秩祿 Custom Scroll official salaries See: 秩禄
美祿美禄 see styles	měi lù mei3 lu4 mei lu	美祿 Custom Scroll Nestlé Milo (chocolate-flavored powder added to milk or water) See: 美禄
蘇祿苏禄 see styles	sū lù su1 lu4 su lu	蘇祿 Custom Scroll old term for Sulawesi or Celebes 蘇拉威西\|苏拉威西[Su1 la1 wei1 xi1]

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The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...

Title	Characters	Romaji (Romanized Japanese)	Various forms of Romanized Chinese
Prosperity	祿禄	fuchi	lù / lu4 / lu
Nero	尼祿尼禄		ní lǜ / ni1 lv4 / ni lv / nilv	ni lü / nilü
Fu Lu Shou	福祿壽		fú lù shòu fu2 lu4 shou4 fu lu shou fulushou
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese.