Hanja Analyzer
旨

旨 — ji

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
뜻 지
Romanization
ji
English
purpose, aim; excellent
Mandarin
zhǐ
Japanese on'yomi
シ
Japanese kun'yomi
むね うま.い
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#1,166 of 2,500
Strokes
6
Radical
日 (72, 2 residual)
Unicode
U+65E8

Parts that make up 旨

  • 匕 비수 비 자루 굽은 숟가락뜨고 찌르는 연장. 소리로도 쓴다
  • 日 날 일 해해와 밝기, 그리고 하루와 때

How 旨 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 旨 as a ideographic compound involving 匕, 甘.

Korean example words with 旨

  • 음지音旨 Korean gloss: 말의 뜻
  • 성지聖旨 Korean gloss: 임금의 뜻
  • 본지本旨 Korean gloss: 근본이 되는 취지
  • 칙지勅旨 Korean gloss: 임금이 내린 명령
  • 상지上旨 Korean gloss: 임금의 뜻이나 명령
  • 엄지嚴旨 Korean gloss: 임금의 엄중한 명령
  • 특지特旨 Korean gloss: 임금의 특별한 명령
  • 논지論旨 Korean gloss: 논하는 말이나 글의 취지
  • 대지大旨 Korean gloss: 글이나 말의 대략적인 뜻
  • 고지高旨 Korean gloss: 남의 의견을 높여 이르는 말
  • 종지宗旨 Korean gloss: 종문(宗門)의 교의(敎義)의 취지
  • 품지稟旨 Korean gloss: 임금께 아뢰어서 받는 교지(敎旨)

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 旨

  • 趣旨しゅし meaning; point (e.g. of a statement); gist
  • 要旨ようし (main) point; gist; key points
  • 旨むね principle; aim; main purpose
  • 論旨ろんし point of an argument; drift of an argument
  • 本旨ほんし main object; principal object; true aim
  • 宗旨しゅうし tenets (of a religious sect); doctrines; (religious) sect
  • 叡旨えいし the emperor's instructions
  • 奥旨おうし deep truth; deep knowledge
  • 厳旨げんし strict order; your order
  • 旨みうまみ good flavor (flavour); good taste; deliciousness
  • 上旨じょうし the emperor's thoughts
  • 内旨ないし emperor's secret orders

Other hanja read “지”

Other hanja with radical 日

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