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享

enjoy
Stroke count: 8

Readings

On readingキョウ、コウ
Kun readingう.ける
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. enjoy
    日本は戦後繁栄を享受している。Japan has enjoyed prosperity since the war.tatoeba
    以上のように、相互に利益を享受することで、両者は結ばれていた。It was in this way that both parties were connected in a mutually beneficial relationship.wiki
  2. receiveRtK
  3. undergo
  4. answer (phone)
  5. take
  6. get
  7. catch
  1. enjoyment (of freedom, beauty, etc.)
  2. reception (of a right, privilege, rank, etc.)
  3. having

Popular Usage

享受

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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tall · top hat (亠) · mouth (口) · children

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 330

Compound words

享受きょうじゅ
enjoyment (of freedom, beauty, etc.); reception (of a right, privilege, rank, etc.); having
享宴きょうえん
feast
享楽きょうらく
enjoyment
享持きょうじ
securing
享年きょうねん
age at death
享有きょうゆう
possession (of a right, talent, etc.)
享楽的きょうらくてき
pleasure-seeking
享受者きょうじゅしゃ
recipient
享楽主義きょうらくしゅぎ
epicureanism
享楽生活きょうらくせいかつ
life of pleasure
享受するきょうじゅする
to enjoyment
享保の飢饉きょうほうのききん
Kyōhō famine (1732)
恩寵を享けるおんちょうをうける
to enjoy (a person's) favor (favour)

Additional Examples

誰にもみな、生存の権利はもちろん、自由を享有する権利がある。
Everyone has a right to enjoy his liberty, much more his life.tatoeba
誰でも自己の自由を享有する権利がある。人生を享有する権利はなおさらだ。
Everyone has a right to enjoy his liberty, and all the more, his life.tatoeba
以上のように、相互に利益を享受することで、両者は結ばれていた。
It was in this way that both parties were connected in a mutually beneficial relationship.wiki

Stroke Order

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