Kanji N1

享: enjoy, receive, undergo

享 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning enjoy, receive, undergo, written with 8 strokes. It is read キョウ, コウ (on) and うける (kun). It is one of the jōyō kanji taught in secondary school. You will see it in 享受 (きょうじゅ, enjoyment) and 享年 (きょうねん, age at death).

享

Meanings

  • enjoy
  • receive
  • undergo
  • answer (phone)
  • take
  • get
  • catch
Strokes8
JLPT levelN1
School gradeSecondary school
Frequency#1893 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • キョウ
  • コウ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • うける

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 享

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 享受きょうじゅ

    enjoyment (of freedom, beauty, etc.)

    JLPT N1
  • 享年きょうねん

    age at death

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