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旨 — Delicious

JLPT N16 strokesSecondary school#1166 most used
delicious, relish, show a liking for, purport, will, clever
On’yomi (shi)
Kun’yomiむね (mune)
Kun’yomiうま (umai)

Stroke order (6 strokes)

1 2 3 4 5 6

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

WordReadingMeaning
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
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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