gist / purport
N1- Onyomi
- シ
- Kunyomi
- むね
- Stroke count
- 6
- JLPT
- N1
Onyomi are readings often used in compound words. Kunyomi are native Japanese readings. Learn each reading with an example word.
Memory tip
Break 旨 down and you get 匕 (spoon / change) — a spoon turned over to tip out what it holds, and beside it 日 (sun / day) — the sun framed by four strokes, marking one day. Picture an open hand with the character resting in the palm, put 旨 inside it, and let that scene stand for "gist" — gist / purport. The odder the picture, the better it sticks.
Stroke Order
Stroke count: 6
General writing tips
These general rules have exceptions. Follow the animation and numbered frames for this character.
- •上から下へ書きます。Write from top to bottom.
- •左から右へ書きます。Write from left to right.
- •横の画を先に、縦の画を後に書きます。Write horizontal strokes before the vertical strokes that cross them.
- •外側の囲みを先に書き、中を後で書きます。Draw an outer enclosure first, then fill in what is inside.
- •中央を先に、左右を後に書きます。In symmetric shapes, write the centre before the left and right sides.
- •この漢字は6画です。下の練習エリアで順番に書いてみましょう。This kanji has 6 strokes — trace them in order in the practice area below.
Step by step
Practice Writing
Free writing practice — compare your writing with the example. This canvas does not check your shape or stroke order. Draw with a mouse, finger, or pen; scroll outside the square to move down the page.
Trace the faded character, or hide the outline to practise from memory.
Writing Tips
- Follow the order strictly: top-to-bottom and left-to-right. Correct order makes the shape balanced and natural.
- Keep each stroke in one smooth motion — don't lift the pen in the middle of a stroke.
- Close enclosing strokes cleanly so the character does not look open or broken.
- Common mistake: drawing strokes bottom-to-top or right-to-left. Even if the result looks similar, the wrong order shows in handwriting and makes it harder to read.
Example words
趣旨
shushi
purpose
主旨
shushi
main point
要旨
youshi
summary
主旨が大切です
shushigataisetsudesu
main point is important
主旨が必要です
shushigahitsuyoudesu
main point is necessary
主旨を考えます
shushiokangaemasu
to think about main point
Example sentences (6)
会の趣旨を説明しました。
かい の しゅし を せつめい しました。
kai no shushi o setsumei shimashita.
I explained the purpose of the meeting.
ご趣旨は理解しましたが、実施の時期については再検討が必要です。
ごしゅし は りかい しました が、じっし の じき に ついて は さいけんとう が ひつよう です。
goshushi wa rikai shimashita ga, jisshi no jiki ni tsuite wa saikentou ga hitsuyou desu.
I understand your intent, but the timing of implementation needs reconsidering.
文章の主旨をまとめてください。
ぶんしょう の しゅし を まとめて ください。
bunshou no shushi o matomete kudasai.
Please summarize the main point of the text.
文章の主旨がはっきりしないと、読み手は判断に迷ってしまいます。
ぶんしょう の しゅし が はっきり しない と、よみて は はんだん に まよって しまいます。
bunshou no shushi ga hakkiri shinai to, yomite wa handan ni mayotte shimaimasu.
If the main point of a text is unclear, the reader is left unsure what to make of it.
論文の要旨を英語で書きました。
ろんぶん の ようし を えいご で かきました。
ronbun no youshi o eigo de kakimashita.
I wrote the abstract of the paper in English.
要旨を二百字以内にまとめるのは、思ったより難しい作業です。
ようし を にひゃくじ いない に まとめる の は、おもった より むずかしい さぎょう です。
youshi o nihyakuji inai ni matomeru no wa, omotta yori muzukashii sagyou desu.
Condensing the gist into two hundred characters is harder work than you would think.