U+65E8 "旨" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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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
Name
CJK Unified Ideograph-#
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
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Han
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
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
21485.070
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