味 — Chinese character
味
wèi
taste; smell, odor; delicacy
- Pinyin
- wèi
- Radical
- 30 ⼝ (Mouth)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 口 未
- Formation
- pictophonetic — mouth; meaning component 口; sound component 未
- Japanese
- 味 as a kanji
Common words with 味
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 意味着 (意味著) | yì wèi zhe | to signify; to mean |
| 味道 | wèi dao | flavor; taste; (fig.) feeling (of ...); sense (of ...); hint (of ...) |
| 口味 | kǒu wèi | a person's preferences; tastes (in food) |
| 美味 | měi wèi | delicious; delicious food |
| 意味 | yì wèi | meaning; implication |
| 气味 (氣味) | qì wèi | odor; scent |
| 滋味 | zī wèi | taste; flavor |
| 品味 | pǐn wèi | to sample; to taste; to appreciate |
| 趣味 | qù wèi | fun; interest; delight; taste; liking; preference |
| 一味 | yī wèi | persistently; stubbornly; blindly |
| 风味 (風味) | fēng wèi | distinctive flavor; distinctive style |
| 香味 | xiāng wèi | fragrance; bouquet |
English words written with 味
味 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 4 · Analects 1 · Art of War 2 · Mencius 7 · Zhuangzi 11 · Great Learning 1 · Doctrine of the Mean 1
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 12
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 35
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 63
- Analects 7.13
- Art of War 5.9
- Mencius 6A.7
- Mencius 6A.17
- Mencius 7B.24
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