旨

gist; delicious; relish; show a liking for; purport; will; clever; expert

6 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1166.

Readings

• むね (kun reading): 旨 (むね) principle; 旨とする (むねとする) to make it a principle to ...
• シ (on reading): 趣旨 (しゅし) meaning; 宣旨 (せんじ) written imperial order (late Heian period)
• うまい (kun reading): 旨み (うまみ) good flavor (flavour); 旨がる (うまがる) to relish

Components

• 匕
• 日
• 匕 radical spoon
• 日 radical sun; day

Kanji containing 旨

• 指 finger
• 脂 fat
• 稽 think
• 詣 visit a temple
• 嘗 once
• 鮨 sushi

Words using 旨

• 旨 (むね) principle
• 旨とする (むねとする) to make it a principle to ...
• 御旨 (みむね) God's will
• その旨 (そのむね) (words to) that effect
• 趣旨 (しゅし) meaning
• 宣旨 (せんじ) written imperial order (late Heian period)
• 要旨 (ようし) (main) point
• 特旨 (とくし) special consideration (esp. of a monarch, emperor, etc.)
• 綸旨 (りんじ) the Emperor's command
• 旨み (うまみ) good flavor (flavour)
• 旨がる (うまがる) to relish
• 旨酒 (うまさけ) high-grade sake
• 嘉肴ありと雖も食らわずんばその旨きを知らず (かこうありといえどもくらわずんばそのうまきをしらず) one cannot understand even a holy man's teachings without study

37 words in all.

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