旨
シ, むね, うま.い

delicious, relish, show a liking for, purport, will, clever, expert

JLPT1 G7 S6 F1166

The relevant oracle bone form of this character combines 匕# double-pronged eating implement + 甘 (sweet food contained in the mouth) → ladle out sweet/rich food → *tasty*. *Contents*, *purport*, *aim*, *will*, *to the effect that*, *instructions* and *principle* are all borrowed meanings.

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