The Chinese Radical: 旨


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Meaning
order, purpose    旨

Explanation

Used in these characters:
HSK 4
finger, to point at or to, to indicate
zhǐ
Left: hand 扌, right top: sitting person 匕, below: sun 日
The hand of a sitting person points at the sun with: its finger.  
HSK 6
fat, rouge (cosmetics), resin
zhī
Left: meat/body 月/肉, right: order, purpose 旨 (If sb. is sitting 匕 in sun 日 he has the purpose [to indicate with the fingers 指])
Meat/Flesh has been 'ordered' to contain: fat.  
HSK 6
order, purpose, imperial decree, aim
zhǐ
Top: sitting person 匕, bottom: sun 日
If sb. sits above the sun, he can issue orders and decrees.  
no HSK
fin

Left: fish 鱼/魚 (... with mouth ⺈, body 田 and tail fin 灬), right: person above 60 years 耆 (老 [Old man 耂, sitting person 匕], sun 日)[old man 耂 & order, purpose 旨]
At the fish they give like an old man 耂 (with the fingers 指), the orders 旨: the fins.  
no HSK
to inspect, to check, bow to the ground
jī, qǐ
Left: rice plant 禾, right: var. of dog 犬, purpose, aim 旨 (if sb. is sitting 匕 in sun 日 he has a purpose)
In the rice plants is a 'dog' for the purpose of inspecting.  
no HSK
addicted to, fond of, preference, (word's end ...-phil)
shì
Left: mouth 口, right: old man 耆 (old, experienced 老 [old man 耂, sitting person 匕], sun 日)
(He likes eating?) By the mouth has the old man his preferences: his addiction.  
no HSK
academic achievements, accomplishment, visit a superior

Left: word 讠/言, right: order, purpose 旨 (If sb. is sitting 匕 in sun 日 he has the purpose [as to indicate with the fingers 指])
When his words are purposeful, he has (academic) achievements.  
no HSK
man of sixty or seventy

Top: old, experienced 老 (old man 耂 as a sitting person 匕), bottom: sun 日
Image of an old man sitting in the sun (.. who gives instructions 旨 with the finger 指.)  

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