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Used as a noun, this word means “longevity” or “the ability to live long.”
It can also be an adjective meaning “long-lived.”
Please note that Japanese use a simplified version of the second character of longevity - it also happens to be the same simplification used in mainland China. Click on the character to the right if you want the Japanese/Simplified version of this two-character longevity calligraphy.
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your 長壽 search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
長壽 长寿 see styles |
cháng shòu chang2 shou4 ch`ang shou chang shou nagatoshi ながとし |
More info & calligraphy: Longevity / Long Life(personal name) Nagatoshi Long life. |
長壽區 长寿区 see styles |
cháng shòu qū chang2 shou4 qu1 ch`ang shou ch`ü chang shou chü |
Changshou, a district of Chongqing 重慶|重庆[Chong2qing4] |
長壽天 长寿天 see styles |
cháng shòu tiān chang2 shou4 tian1 ch`ang shou t`ien chang shou tien chōju ten |
devas of long life, in the fourth dhyāna heaven where life is 500 great kalpas, and in the fourth arūpaloka where life extends over 80, 000 kalpas. |
長壽寺 see styles |
choujuuji / chojuji ちょうじゅうじ |
(place-name) Chōjuuji |
如是長壽 如是长寿 see styles |
rú shì cháng shòu ru2 shi4 chang2 shou4 ju shih ch`ang shou ju shih chang shou nyoze chōju |
long life thus |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Longevity Long Life | 長壽 长寿 | chouju / choju | cháng shòu chang2 shou4 chang shou changshou | ch`ang shou changshou chang shou |
Forever Young Long Life | 不老長壽 不老長寿 | fu rou chou ju furouchouju fu ro cho ju | ||
Live Long and Prosper | 健康長壽繁榮昌盛 健康长寿繁荣昌盛 | Jiàn kāng cháng shòu fán róng chāng shèng Jian4 kang1 chang2 shou4 fan2 rong2 chang1 sheng4 Jian kang chang shou fan rong chang sheng | Chien k`ang ch`ang shou fan jung ch`ang sheng Chien kang chang shou fan jung chang sheng |
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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. |
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The wall scroll that Sandy is holding in this picture is a "large size"
single-character wall scroll.
We also offer custom wall scrolls in small, medium, and an even-larger jumbo size.
Professional calligraphers are getting to be hard to find these days.
Instead of drawing characters by hand, the new generation in China merely type roman letters into their computer keyboards and pick the character that they want from a list that pops up.
There is some fear that true Chinese calligraphy may become a lost art in the coming years. Many art institutes in China are now promoting calligraphy programs in hopes of keeping this unique form
of art alive.
Even with the teachings of a top-ranked calligrapher in China, my calligraphy will never be good enough to sell. I will leave that to the experts.
The same calligrapher who gave me those lessons also attracted a crowd of thousands and a TV crew as he created characters over 6-feet high. He happens to be ranked as one of the top 100 calligraphers in all of China. He is also one of very few that would actually attempt such a feat.
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