旨

See also 㫐

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): phonetic 匕 + semantic 曰 (“delicious, simplified from 甘”) – according to the Shuowen.

Ideogrammic compound (會意) interpretations: 匕, a man tasting[1], or a spoon (匙)In the tab "详细解释".

Han character

旨 (radical 72 日+2, 6 strokes, cangjie input 心日 (PA), X心日 (XPA), four-corner 2160₁, composition ⿱匕日)

1. purpose, aim
2. excellent

References

• KangXi: page 489, character 6
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13738
• Dae Jaweon: page 850, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1485, character 7
• Unihan data for U+65E8

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Cantonese

Hanzi

旨 (Yale ji2)

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Japanese

Kanji

旨 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: し (shi)
• Kun: むね (mune), うまい (umai)

Compounds

• 旨味 (うまみ, umami)

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Korean

Hanja

旨 (hangeul 지, revised ji, McCune-Reischauer chi, Yale ci)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

旨 (pinyin zhǐ (zhi3), Wade-Giles chih³)

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Vietnamese

Han character

旨 (chỉ)

1. royal order, decree