xiǎng

enjoy

Original meaning: 

temple

Originally a pictograph of a temple or a shrine. The meaning later shifted to "food offering" and "enjoy".

Evolution

享 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
享 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
享 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
享 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
享 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

xiǎng

enjoy; to enjoy; to benefit; to have the use of

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xiǎng

old variant of [xiǎng]

Most common words with 享
Freq.
Word
Meaning

享受

to enjoy

分享

to share (let others have some of sth good)

共享

to share

to enjoy

享有

to enjoy (rights, privileges etc)

Component uses

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