The Chinese Radical: 享




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Meaning
to enjoy, benefit    享

Explanation to have the use of

Used in these characters:
HSK 4
ripe (of fruit), mature (of seeds), cooked (of food), skilled
shú, shóu
From top: who, what 孰 (enjoy 享 [=the high 高 child 子 enjoys] and bead, round 丸 [丸 = A 'nine' 九 needs an additional stroke 丶 to become round like a pill.]), fire 灬
(Cooking by temperature: like potatoes at the rim of the grill?) The tall 'children' are around the fire for being: ripe (matured).  
HSK 5
to enjoy, to benefit, have pleasure
xiǎng
Top: var. of high/tall 高, bottom: child 子 (.. with an emphasized head 乛, body 丿 and two outstretched arms 一)
The tall child is enjoying.  
HSK 6
big, wide, outline
kuò
广
Left: building 广, right: city wall 郭 (Enjoyable 享 for a village⻏ is its city wall.) [to enjoy= 享 = the tall 高 child 子 enjoys.]
A building like a city-wall, is: big & wide.  
no HSK
kind-hearted
dūn
Left: enjoy 享 (the tall 高 child 子 enjoys), right: strike 攵/攴 (hand 又 with a stick 卜)
If you enjoy (life) instead of striking, you are kind-hearted.  
no HSK
genuine, pure, honest
chún
Left: water 氵, right: enjoy 享 (The tall 高 child 子 is enjoying.)
The water can be enjoyed, if it is genuine & pure.  
no HSK
alcohol, wine with high alcohol content, pure
chún
Left: wine jar, alcohol 酉, right: enjoy 享 (The tall 高 child 子 is enjoying)
The alcohol for enjoying: Alcohol!  
no HSK
enclosure, outer city wall
guō
Left: enjoy 享 (The tall 高 child 子 is enjoying.), right: village⻏
It is enjoyable for a village, if it has a: city wall.  
no HSK
block, gate pillar, pier, classifier for clusters of plants
dūn
Left: earth 土, right: kind-hearted 敦 (enjoy 享 [= The tall 高 child 子 enjoys], to strike 攵)
If the earth is piled like a big child with strokes, it became a: gate pillar.  
no HSK
who, which, what
shú
Left: enjoy 享 (The tall 高 child 子 is enjoying), right: bead, round 丸 (A 'nine' 九 needs an additional stroke 丶 to become round like a pill.)
I enjoy a bead, but which?  
no HSK
private tutorage
shú
Top: who, which 孰 (enjoy 享 [The tall 高 child 子 is enjoying.]; round, bead 丸), bottom: earth 土
Big 高 children 子 sit in a round on the earth at a private school.  

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