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 is the simplified form of 福祿壽). | 
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Japanese
    

福禄寿
| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 福 | 禄 | 寿 | 
| ふく Grade: 3 | ろく Jinmeiyō | じゅ Grade: S | 
| on’yomi | ||
| Alternative spelling | 
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| 福祿壽 (kyūjitai) | 
Etymology
    
From Middle Chinese 福祿壽/福禄寿 (Fú-Lù-Shòu). Considered in Japan to be one of the Seven Lucky Gods starting from the Muromachi Period.
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): [ɸɯ̟ᵝkɯ̟ᵝɾo̞kɯ̟ᵝʑɨᵝ]
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
    
- Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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