享
enjoy, benefit
享 depicts a small house built on a high platform. This was an ancient ancestral temple, the place where the ancients offered sacrifices to the spirit tablets of their ancestors. Its original meaning is to offer or present. The ancients believed that after the ancestors received the sacrificial offerings, they would bestow blessings upon their descendants, so that both the ancestors and the descendants would benefit.
Vocabulary of 享
- 享樂 (seek pleasure)
- 享譽 (enjoy a reputation)
- 共享 (enjoy together)