漢字道KANJIDO

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4Junior high level6 strokesRadical
On
Kun
むね・うま.い
Meaning
purport; gist; tasty

Origin

ORIGIN

匕 "spoon" with 日: to taste with a spoon — tasty, and also the gist of a matter.

Stroke order

STROKE ORDER

Readings and examples

OFFICIAL READINGS

要旨・趣旨・本旨
むね

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

Compounds

COMPOUNDS

  • 要旨ようし

    gist; summary

  • 趣旨しゅし

    purport; aim

Example

EXAMPLE

A sentence using this kanji

話の要旨をまとめて書いた。

I wrote up the gist of the talk.

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