享

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to enjoy; to benefit; to have the use of

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Formation & memory

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

Children 子 living and eating 口 in the house 亠

Components 亠口子

enjoy · Heisig RSH #326

子 child + 高 tall

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
有福同享，有难同当	yǒu fú tóng xiǎng , yǒu nàn tóng dāng	To enjoy blessings and endure misfortune together (idiom); for better or for worse
享乐主义者	xiǎng lè zhǔ yì zhě	hedonist
有福同享，有祸同当	yǒu fú tóng xiǎng , yǒu huò tóng dāng	To enjoy blessings and endure misfortune together (idiom); for better or for worse
享乐主义	xiǎng lè zhǔ yì	hedonism
物质享受	wù zhì xiǎng shòu	material benefits
共享软体	gòng xiǎng ruǎn tǐ	shareware
知识共享	Zhī shi Gòng xiǎng	Creative Commons
坐享其成	zuò xiǎng qí chéng	to reap where one has not sown (idiom)
享清福	xiǎng qīng fú	to live in ease and comfort
坐吃享福	zuò chī xiǎng fú	vegetative existence; to consume passively without doing anything useful
共享函数库	gòng xiǎng hán shù kù	shared library (computing)
共享程序库	gòng xiǎng chéng xù kù	shared library (computing)
共享带宽	gòng xiǎng dài kuān	shared bandwidth
共享计划	gòng xiǎng jì huà	joint project; partnership
享国	xiǎng guó	to reign
享有	xiǎng yǒu	to enjoy (rights, privileges etc)
分享	fēn xiǎng	to share (esp. sth enjoyable, useful or beneficial)
共享库	gòng xiǎng kù	shared library (computing)
享名	xiǎng míng	to enjoy a reputation
享年	xiǎng nián	to live to the (ripe) age of

These characters use 享 as their sound component — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
享 sound part	xiǎng	to share; to enjoy; to benefit from
鹑	chún	quail; Turnix species (various)
淳	chún	simple, honest, genuine
崞	guō	a mountain in Shanxi