享 – enjoy, receive, undergo

8 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1893 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 享 means enjoy, receive, undergo, answer (phone), take, get, catch. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is キョウ、コウ (kyou, kou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is う.ける (ukeru). It is written with 8 strokes, under radical 亠 (no. 8).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	キョウ	kyou
On’yomi	コウ	kou
Kun’yomi	う.ける	ukeru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 亠 (Kangxi radical 8). Components: 口・子・亠.

Words using 享

享受きょうじゅenjoyment (of freedom, beauty, etc.)

Example sentences

だれでも自由を享受する権利を持つ。まして人生を享受する権利はなおさらだ。

Everyone has a right to enjoy his liberty, and all the more, his life.

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Kanji with the same radical

京交亡

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