Kanji N1

旨: delicious, relish, show a liking for

旨 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning delicious, relish, show a liking for, written with 6 strokes. It is read シ (on) and むね, うまい (kun). It is one of the jōyō kanji taught in secondary school. You will see it in 趣旨 (しゅし, meaning) and 要旨 (ようし, point).

旨

Meanings

  • delicious
  • relish
  • show a liking for
  • purport
  • will
  • clever
  • expert
Strokes6
JLPT levelN1
School gradeSecondary school
Frequency#1166 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • シ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • むね
  • うまい

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 旨

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 趣旨しゅし

    meaning; point (e.g. of a statement); gist

    JLPT N1
  • 要旨ようし

    (main) point; gist; key points; essentials

    JLPT N2
  • 旨むね

    principle; aim; main purpose; central part

  • 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

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.