旨 — Chinese character
旨
zhǐ
aim, intention, purpose, will
- Pinyin
- zhǐ
- Radical
- 72 ⽇ (Sun)
- Strokes
- 6
- Components
- 匕 日
- Formation
- ideographic — A spoon 匕 aimed for the mouth 日
- Japanese
- 旨 as a kanji
Common words with 旨
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 宗旨 | zōng zhǐ | objective; aim |
| 旨在 | zhǐ zài | to have as its purpose; to be intended to |
| 主旨 | zhǔ zhǐ | gist; main idea |
| 旨意 | zhǐ yì | decree; order; will; intent |
| 圣旨 (聖旨) | shèng zhǐ | imperial edict |
| 意旨 | yì zhǐ | intent; intention |
| 要旨 | yào zhǐ | the gist (of a text or argument); the main points |
| 奉旨 | fèng zhǐ | on imperial orders |
| 谕旨 (諭旨) | yù zhǐ | imperial edict |
| 旨趣 | zhǐ qù | (literary) purport; objective; intent |
| 懿旨 | yì zhǐ | an imperial decree |
| 传旨 (傳旨) | chuán zhǐ | issue a decree |
English words written with 旨
旨 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 1 · Mencius 1 · Zhuangzi 1
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.