旨

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See also: 㫐 and 皀
旨 U+65E8, 旨
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-65E8
← 旧
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 早 →

Translingual

Han character

旨 (Kangxi radical 72, 日+2, 6 strokes, cangjie input 心日 (PA) or 難心日 (XPA), four-corner 21601, composition ⿱匕日)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 489, character 6
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13738
  • Dae Jaweon: page 850, character 5
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1485, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+65E8

Chinese

trad. 旨
simp. # 旨
alternative forms
㫑
𠤔
𠩊
𠮛
𡱔
㫑
𠤔
𠩊
𠮛
𡱔
𣅀
𣅌
𤮻
𭥍
 

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 旨
Shang Western Zhou Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Chu slip and silk script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (旨) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
稽 *kiː, *kʰiːʔ
詣 *ŋɡiːs
栺 *ŋɡiːs, *kji
榰 *klje
脂 *kji
鴲 *kji, *kjis
指 *kjiʔ
旨 *kjiʔ
恉 *kjiʔ
嗜 *ɡjis
蓍 *qʰlji
鰭 *ɡri
耆 *ɡri
鮨 *ɡri
鬐 *ɡri

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kjiʔ) : phonetic 匕 (OC *pilʔ) + semantic 甘 (“delicious”) – according to the Shuowen.

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) interpretations: 匕, a man tasting, or a spoon (匙).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 旨
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 章 (23)
Final (韻) 脂 (17)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 職雉切
Baxter tsyijX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/t͡ɕˠiɪX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/t͡ɕᵚiX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/t͡ɕiɪX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/cjiX/
Li
Rong 		/t͡ɕjiX/
Wang
Li 		/t͡ɕiX/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/t͡ɕiX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		zhǐ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		zi2
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 旨
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		zhǐ
Middle
Chinese 		‹ tsyijX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*kijʔ/
English fine-tasting

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 旨
Reading # 1/1
No. 17326
Phonetic
component 		旨
Rime
group 		脂
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		旨
Old
Chinese 		/*kjiʔ/
Notes 甲文象匕在口表甘美，
非匕聲

Definitions

旨

  1. delicious
  2. fine
  3. delicious food
  4. intention; purpose; aim
  5. decree; imperial decree

Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji

旨

(Jōyō kanji)

  1. delicious
  2. appetizing
  3. clever

Readings

  • Go-on: し (shi, Jōyō)
  • Kan-on: し (shi, Jōyō)
  • Kun: むね (mune, 旨, Jōyō)、うまい (umai, 旨い)

Compounds

Etymology

Kanji in this term
旨
むね
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
宗

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Noun

旨(むね) • (mune) ←むね (mune)?

  1. principle; aim; purpose
  2. gist; meaning

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Etymology 1

Hanja

旨 (eumhun 맛있을 지 (masisseul ji))

  1. hanja form? of 지 (“delicious; tasty”)

Etymology 2

Hanja

旨 (eumhun 뜻 지 (tteut ji))

  1. hanja form? of 지 (“meaning; definition”)

Vietnamese

Han character

旨: Hán Nôm readings: chỉ

  1. royal order, decree
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