漢字Kanji · in Tools & Weapons
享: enjoy, receive
Also: undergo, answer (phone), take, get, catch
JLPT N18 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
亠 carries the meaning · 口 and 子 are drawn in
8 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
キョウkyou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 享受きょうじゅenjoyment (of freedom, beauty, etc.)
- 享年きょうねんage at death
- 享楽きょうらくenjoyment; pleasure
Also read コウ, うける, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Imagine a heavy wooden lid being placed on top of a bubbling iron pot—that's nabebuta! When you see this radical at the top of a kanji, think of something that sits on top, covers, or crowns a structure.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · xiǎng
Same form: 享 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 享 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 享 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin xiǎng most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
One click tells us. No sign-up.