享
享 — Enjoy
enjoy, receive, undergo, answer (phone), take, get
On’yomiキョウ (kyou)
On’yomiコウ (kou)
Kun’yomiうける (ukeru)
Stroke order (8 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 享
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 享受 | きょうじゅ kyouju | enjoyment (of freedom, beauty, etc.); reception (of a right, privilege, rank, etc.); having |
| 享年 | きょうねん kyounen | age at death |
Study notes
享 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 8 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1893 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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