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旨

旨 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. うまい、うまいもの。
  2. 皇帝の指示。
  3. 発言などの内容・意義。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

会意。「匕」+「口」。食事を口に運ぶさまを象る。「味が良い」「うまい」を意味する漢語｛旨｝を表す字。 「口」は中央に羨筆（装飾的な筆画）を加えて「甘」となり、楷書では「日」の形となった。これは漢字の歴史において非常によく見られる変化である。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

delicious, relish, show a liking for, purport, will, clever, expert

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • シJHS
Kun (native)
  • むねHS
  • うま(い)
Other languages
  • 拼音zhi3
  • 한글ji
  • Hán-ViệtChỉ

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
6 strokes
Radical
日(ひ)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+65E8

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱匕日

Words using this kanji

  • 旨むね（むね）事のおもむき、こころ、題意、趣旨、意味。principle, aim, main purpose, central part
  • 旨みうまみgood flavor (flavour), good taste, deliciousness, umami (fifth category of taste in food)
  • 旨々うまうまsuccessfully, nicely, (yummy) food, yum-yum
  • 旨煮うまにfish, meat, and vegetables stewed in a thick, sweet sauce of soy sauce, sugar and mirin
  • 旨酒うまさけおいしい酒。美酒。high-grade sake, good sake
  • 旨趣ししゅ所存。心中に思っていること。objective, purport, intent
  • 旨意しいintent, purpose, aim
  • 旨辛うまからtasty and spicy flavor
  • 旨がるうまがるto relish, to show a liking for
  • 旨タレうまたれtasty sauce, tasty dressing, umami sauce
  • 旨くやるうまくやるto manage something successfully, to be successful
  • 旨とするむねとするto make it a principle to ..., to aim at doing

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

SKIP
2-2-4
Four Corner
2160.1
Spahn–Hadamitzky
4c2.2
Heisig
493
Nelson
752