旨
旨 — Delicious
delicious, relish, show a liking for, purport, will, clever
On’yomiシ (shi)
Kun’yomiむね (mune)
Kun’yomiうまい (umai)
Stroke order (6 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 旨
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 趣旨 | しゅし shushi | meaning; point (e.g. of a statement); gist |
| 要旨 | ようし youshi | (main) point; gist; key points |
| 旨 | むね mune | principle; aim; main purpose |
| 論旨 | ろんし ronshi | point of an argument; drift of an argument |
| 本旨 | ほんし honshi | main object; principal object; true aim |
| 宗旨 | しゅうし shuushi | tenets (of a religious sect); doctrines; (religious) sect |
Study notes
旨 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 6 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1166 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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