长 cháng
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 长 — long, lasting
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
长寿
chángshòu
long life; to live long
Characters in this word
寿 shòu
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 寸 — inch
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 爷爷很长寿。 Yé ye hěn cháng shòu. Grandpa lives a long life.
- 她祝你长寿。 Tā zhù nǐ cháng shòu. She wishes you a long life.
- 健康能长寿。 Jiàn kāng néng cháng shòu. Health helps you live long.