xiǎng
enjoy
Original meaning:
temple
Originally a pictograph of a temple or a shrine. The meaning later shifted to "food offering" and "enjoy".
Evolution
Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze script
Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 享
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
to enjoy | ||
to share (let others have some of sth good) | ||
to share | ||
to enjoy | ||
to enjoy (rights, privileges etc) |
Component uses
Iconic component in 1 character (1 verified)
Unknown component in 1 character (0 verified)
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[qʰ]ˤraŋ (W dialect) | xaeng | xiǎng | penetrate |
*[qʰ]aŋʔ | xjangX | xiǎng | offer in sacrifice; food offering |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 46.3559% of movies
939th most common character in movies
1227th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 8 |
Unicode | U+4EAB |
Shuowen | “亯，獻也。从高省。曰：象進孰物形。《孝經》曰：‘祭則鬼亯之。’享，篆文亯。” |
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