This kanji is often found on Japanese greetings cards, and also on those fancy paper envelopes you put money in when you go to a wedding. It means “congratulations”. It can also mean “long life”.
It is also the first kanji in the most common way to write sushi -（寿司）. This kanji is used for “sushi” not because it has anything connected to raw fish on rice, but because another way to read it is “su”, and because it has a positive meaning. It’s appropriate because sushi is often served at special occasions.
Calligraphy by Vicky 