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旨 = 日 + 匕

旨 is a Japanese kanji written with 6 strokes, listed here under the keyword “delicious”. It is built from 日 (day) and 匕 (spoon). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 493. It appears as a component in 6 other characters in this index.

Keyword
delicious
RTK frame
493
Strokes
6
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
シ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
むね, うま.い
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
вкусный
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
旨 purpose

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 日 day
  2. 匕 spoon

Characters that contain 旨

How to find 旨 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “day” + “spoon”. 旨 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 旨 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.