Ideographic: A spoon 匕 aimed for the mouth 日Radical:

meaning for zhǐ:

  • - imperial decree
  • - purport
  • - aim
  • - purposeobjective
  • - aim
  • - goalto have as its purpose
  • - to be intended to
  • - to aim to (do sth)gist
  • - main idea
  • - general tenor
  • - one's judgmentimperial edictdecree
  • - order