福禄寿
See also: 福祿壽
Chinese
For pronunciation and definitions of 福禄寿 – see 福祿壽 (“Fu Lu Shou; happiness, wealth and longevity; etc.”). (This term, 福禄寿, is the simplified form of 福祿壽.) |
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Japanese
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福禄寿
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福 | 禄 | 寿 |
ふく Grade: 3 | ろく Jinmeiyō | じゅ Grade: S |
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福祿壽 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 福祿壽. Considered in Japan to be one of the Seven Lucky Gods starting from the Muromachi Period.
Pronunciation
- On’yomi: Goon
- IPA(key): [ɸɯ̟ᵝkɯ̟ᵝɾo̞kɯ̟ᵝʑɨᵝ]
Noun
福禄寿 • (fukurokuju)
- wealth, good fortune, and longevity
Proper noun
福禄寿 • (Fukurokuju)
- (Shinto): Fukurokuju; a god of happiness, wealth, and longevity, and one of the seven gods of good fortune
Coordinate terms
- 七福神 (Shichi Fukujin): the Seven Lucky Gods
- 布袋 (Hotei): the fat and happy god of abundance and good health
- 寿老人 (Jurōjin): god of longevity
- 毘沙門天 (Bishamonten): god of warriors
- 弁才天 (Benzaiten), 弁財天 (Benzaiten): goddess of knowledge, art and beauty, especially music
- 吉祥天 (Kitsushōten) the goddess of happiness, charm and beauty, of fertility, nature, and of human creativity, and the patronesses of joy, amusement and festivities.
- 大黒天 (Daikokuten): god of wealth, commerce and trade.
- 恵比須, 恵比寿, 夷, 戎 (Ebisu): god of fishers or merchants
References
- 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN