旨 – delicious, relish, show a liking for

6 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1166 in newspaper frequencyN2 vocabulary

The kanji 旨 means delicious, relish, show a liking for, purport, will, clever, expert. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is シ (shi); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is むね、うま.い (mune, umai). It is written with 6 strokes, under radical 日 (no. 72).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	シ	shi
Kun’yomi	むね	mune
Kun’yomi	うま.い	umai

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 日 (Kangxi radical 72). Components: 日・匕.

Words using 旨

要旨ようし(main) point趣旨しゅしmeaning

Example sentences

以下は大統領の演説の要旨だ。

The following is a summary of the President's speech.

Tatoeba #191219

彼のスピーチの主旨を教えてください。

Tell me the substance of his speech.

Tatoeba #118303

医者は私の父がまもなくよくなるだろうという趣旨のことを言った。

The doctor spoke to the effect that my father would soon get better.

Tatoeba #190798

Kanji with the same radical

日時明昨早映景旧易春暴普昇星曜暮

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