Chinese symbol for “taste”
味
wèi
taste; smell; (fig.) (bound form) flavor; character; atmosphere; (TCM) classifier for ingredients of a medicine prescription
The closest CC-CEDICT match for taste is 味 (wèi), defined as: taste; smell; (fig.) (bound form) flavor; character; atmosphere; (TCM) classifier for ingredients of a medicine prescription.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “taste”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 滋味 | zī wèi | taste; flavor |
| 尝 (嘗) | cháng | to taste; to try (food); to experience |
| 尝 (嚐) | cháng | to taste; to experience (variant of 尝 (cháng)) |
| 味儿 (味兒) | wèi r | taste |
| 味道 | wèi dao | flavor; taste; (fig.) feeling (of ...); sense (of ...); hint (of ...) |
Related words
Other words that share a character 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “taste”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.