五福 in Chinese / Japanese...

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The Five Fortunes

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wǔ fú

This is the title of “The Five Fortunes” in Chinese.

The implied five fortunes are as follows:
Longevity (壽)
Wealth (富)
Health & Composure (康寧)
Love of Virtue (攸好德)
A Peaceful Death (考終命)

Blessings on this Home

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wǔ fú lín mén

五福臨門 means “five good fortunes arrive [at the] door.”

It is understood to mean “may the five blessings descend upon this home.”

These blessings are known in ancient China to be: longevity, wealth, health, virtue, and natural death (living to old age). This is one of several auspicious sayings you might hear during the Chinese New Year.

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Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese	Pronunciation Romanization	Simple Dictionary Definition
五福 see styles	wǔ fú wu3 fu2 wu fu gofuku ごふく	More info & calligraphy: The Five Fortunes (from the Book of Documents) the five blessings (health, wealth, longevity, love of virtue and dying a natural death); (place-name, surname) Gofuku five blessings
五福臨門五福临门 see styles	wǔ fú lín mén wu3 fu2 lin2 men2 wu fu lin men	More info & calligraphy: Blessings on this Home lit. (may the) five blessings descend upon this home (namely: longevity, wealth, health, virtue, and a natural death); (an auspicious saying for the Lunar New Year)
五福新 see styles	gofukushin ごふくしん	五福新 Custom Scroll (place-name) Gofukushin
五福町 see styles	gofukumachi ごふくまち	五福町 Custom Scroll (place-name) Gofukumachi
五福谷 see styles	gofukuya ごふくや	五福谷 Custom Scroll (place-name) Gofukuya
五福公園 see styles	gofukukouen / gofukukoen ごふくこうえん	五福公園 Custom Scroll (place-name) Gofuku Park
五福新町 see styles	gofukushinmachi ごふくしんまち	五福新町 Custom Scroll (place-name) Gofukushinmachi
五福末広 see styles	gofukusuehiro ごふくすえひろ	五福末広 Custom Scroll (place-name) Gofukusuehiro
五福谷川 see styles	gofukuyagawa ごふくやがわ	五福谷川 Custom Scroll (place-name) Gofukuyagawa
五福末広町 see styles	gofukusuehiromachi ごふくすえひろまち	五福末広町 Custom Scroll (place-name) Gofukusuehiromachi
三五福田工場 see styles	sangofukudakoujou / sangofukudakojo さんごふくだこうじょう	三五福田工場 Custom Scroll (place-name) Sangofukuda Factory

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

Title	Characters	Romaji (Romanized Japanese)	Various forms of Romanized Chinese
The Five Fortunes	五福		wǔ fú / wu3 fu2 / wu fu / wufu
Blessings on this Home	五福臨門五福临门		wǔ fú lín mén wu3 fu2 lin2 men2 wu fu lin men wufulinmen
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.