EntryCommonWaniKani 43
  1. Noun

    principle; aim; main purpose; central part; pillar

    彼女から結婚できませんという旨の手紙が届いた。
    I received a letter from her to the effect that she couldn't accept my marriage proposal.
  2. purport; gist; drift; meaning

  3. instructions; orders; intention; wishes

Also written 宗【むね】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

1
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

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

Kun
むねうま.い
On
Strokes
6
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1166 of 2500
Radical
sun
WaniKani
Level 43

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Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
2-2-4SKIP code
4c2.2The Kanji Dictionary
2260.1, 2160.1Four corner code
1278deroo
65e8Unicode hex code
1-27-61JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
752Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2414New Nelson (John Haig)
2024New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2516Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1278Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1744Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
455Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
493Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1151A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
263Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1069Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
13738Morohashi
1312A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1040Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1081Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1403Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1077Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1349Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
232Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
465Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
zhi3Pinyin reading
jiKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
43WaniKani level