U+65E8 "旨" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
旨
U+65E8 "旨" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that primarily means "decree," "purpose," "aim," or "delicious," and it is commonly used in East Asian languages such as Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. In classical Chinese texts, it often appears in the context of imperial edicts or commands, while in modern usage it can be found in words like "宗旨" (zōngzhǐ) meaning "principal aim" or "purpose," and "旨味" (umami) in Japanese, where it refers to a savory taste. The character is composed of the radical 日 (sun or day) and the phonetic component 匕 (spoon or dagger), and it holds historical significance in calligraphy and literature across East Asia.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+65E8 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| Block | CJK Unified Ideographs |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 旨 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 旨 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE6 0x97 0xA8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x65E8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000065E8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u65e8 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | A6AE |
| kCCCII | 214278 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-482F |
| kCNS1992 | 1-482F |
| kCangjie | PA |
| kCantonese | zi2 |
| kCihaiT | 628.601 |
| kCowles | 219 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0850.050 |
| kDefinition | purpose, aim; excellent |
| kEACC | 214278 |
| kFanqie | 職雉 |
| kFenn | 323B |
| kFennIndex | 68.06 |
| kFourCornerCode | 2160.1 |
| kGB0 | 5428 |
| kGB1 | 5428 |
| kGradeLevel | 6 |
| kGSR | 0552a |
| kHangul | 지:0N |
| kHanYu | 21485.070 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 21485.070:zhǐ |
| kHKGlyph | 1758 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0850.050 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 21485.070 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0489.060 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-563C |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-A6AE |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-3B5D |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-EAD9 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-7229 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-482F |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-5849 |
| kJapanese | シ むね うまい |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kTGH | 2013:501 |
| kJapaneseKun | MUNE UMAI |
| kJapaneseOn | SHI |
| kJis0 | 2761 |
| kKangXi | 0489.060 |
| kKorean | CI |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 2482 |
| kMandarin | zhǐ |
| kMatthews | 957 |
| kMeyerWempe | 239 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ013155 |
| kMorohashi | 13738 |
| kNelson | 0752 |
| kPhonetic | 136 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+2219+21.2.4 C+2219+72.4.2 |
| kRSUnicode | 72.2 |
| kSBGY | 247.05 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 288.02 72.01 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | zhǐ粵zi2 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 2482 |
| kTang | jǐ |
| kTGHZ2013 | 477.010:zhǐ |
| kTotalStrokes | 6 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | chỉ |
| kXerox | 250:124 |
| kXHC1983 | 1488.020:zhǐ |