寿

long life / old age / age / life / birthday / funerary / a surname

寿 = 丰 + 寸 : Mnemonic symbol: 寿桃包, a longevity peach bun.

Sherlock Holmes (sh) wants to have a long life, so he decided to just stay in a golden cage (丰) in the outhouse's bathroom (ou4) and has someone bring him longevity peach buns (寿) every now and then. Every time he gets his snack he gives the person the thumbs up (寸).

寿 character breakdown

寿
- 丰
  - 三
    - 一
    - 二
      - 一
  - 丨
- 寸
  - 一
  - 丶
  - 亅

丰

fe̅ng = f + (e)ng1

luxuriant / buxom / variant of 豐|丰[feng1] / variant of 風|风[feng1] / appearance / charm

丰 = 三 + 丨 : Mnemonic symbol: a luxurious golden cage.

Frankenstein's Monster (f) has been locked in a golden cage (mnemonic symbol for 丰) in front of the engine ((e)ng1). The golden cage is suspended from a coordinate system (三). In the cage there are still the dinosaur bones (丨) from the previous prisoners.

寸

cùn = cu + (e)n4

a unit of length / inch / thumb

寸 = 一 + 亅 + 丶 : Kitty Cat is playing with a petal leaf in the encampment's bathroom. She's keeping it in the air by hitting it with a flute and a crowbar. It's so much fun that she thinks to herself "thumbs up".

丰

豐

fe̅ng = f + (e)ng1

abundant / plentiful / fertile / plump / great

Characters with 寿 as component

畴

疇

chóu = ch + ou2

arable fields / cultivated field / class / category

畴 = 田 + 寿 : Charlie Chaplin (ch) has several fields (田) in the outhouse's kitchen (ou2) where he grows longevity peaches (寿). Each year he classifies (畴) his fields into arable (畴) and non-arable fields using category theory (畴).

筹

籌

chóu = ch + ou2

chip (in gambling) / token (for counting) / ticket / to prepare / to plan / to raise (funds) / resource / means

筹 = ⺮ + 寿 : Charlie Chaplin (ch) is gambling in the outhouse's kitchen (ou2). He already lost a couple of longevity peach buns (寿), and his debt is engraved on a bamboo stick (⺮) which serves as token for counting (筹). To win his longevity peach buns back he devises a strategy: he plans (筹) to use crowd funding (筹) to make up for his loss.

筹

籌

chóu = ch + ou2

chip (in gambling); token (for counting); ticket / to prepare; to plan; to raise (funds) / resource; way; means

祷

禱

dǎo = d + ao3

prayer / pray / supplication

涛

濤

ta̅o = t + ao1

big wave / Taiwan pr. [tao2]

涛 = 寿 + 氵 : Tecumseh (t) is growing longevity peaches (寿) in front of the aorta (ao1), and he waters them every day with his water bottle (氵). Today, as he is just about to water the tree, he doesn't realize that there's a huge wave (涛) behind him coming right at the tree.

铸

鑄

zhù = zhu + Ø4

to cast or found metals

铸 = 寿 + 钅 : Julian Giant Squid (zhu) is melting longevity peach buns (寿) to use them to cast (铸) a golden harpoon (钅) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4).

焘

燾

dào = d + ao4

cover over / to envelope

俦

儔

chóu = ch + ou2

comrades / friends / companions

梼

檮

táo = t + ao2

dunce / blockhead

踌

躊

chóu = ch + ou2

to pace back and forth / to hesitate / to waver

踌 = ⻊ + 寿 : Charlie Chaplin (ch) is about to step on a longevity peach bun (寿) in the outhouse's kitchen (ou2) with his cowboy boot (⻊), but he hesitates (踌) in the last moment.

帱

幬

chóu = ch + ou2

canopy / curtain

帱

幬

dào = d + ao4

canopy

诪

譸

zho̅u = zh + ou1

(literary) to curse / to deceive / to lie