What 享 means
In modern Chinese, 享 means receiving or enjoying something. In 享受 the focus is enjoying a benefit; in 享有 it is holding a right or benefit.
The older form 亯 appears in oracle-bone inscriptions—writing on animal bones used for divination—and bronze inscriptions. Early uses concern ritual offerings to spirits, ancestors, or rulers; later senses include receiving and enjoying benefits. What the oldest form pictures is disputed: a shrine-like building or a vessel.
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Combination ideas
3Chinese: enjoy or make use of a benefit.
Chinese: hold or possess a right, benefit, or privilege.
Japanese: years lived, especially age at death; a dictionary cites 1468 as its earliest example.
Questions people ask
1Why does 享 show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
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\4EABCodes and encoding1 code points
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content: "\4EAB";
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