TSUMUGU · TOCFL 7 (est.) · 字
旨
旨 ＝ 匕 ＋ 日
ㄓˇ · zhǐ
noun — delicious; the gist, the main point; an imperial decree
字源 FORM — what the parts do
匕義a spoon, lifting food to the mouth
日義originally 甘 — sweetness held in the mouththe old 甘 (a mouth with a dot) flattened into 日 under the brush
A spoon (匕) lifts a taste to the mouth (甘, now written 日) and it is sweet — 旨, the good of a thing. From the best of the food came the best of a matter: its gist (主旨), and the will it carries (聖旨). As a sound it builds a series: 脂、指、詣.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
舀一匙（匕）送進嘴裡（日），甜的——這一口就是「旨」。
A spoonful (匕) to the mouth (日) — sweet. That one good taste is 旨.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)好吃、味美— delicious, tasty
→主旨、宗旨— the gist, the main point — the best of a matter常用
⇒聖旨、旨意— a decree, an expressed will
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
脂＝ 月 ＋ zhīthe 旨 series — flesh plus this sound is fat甘gānthe sweet mouth hidden in the bottom half