漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
味: flavor, taste
JLPT N48 strokesGrade 3Your ink: 白 Not met
口 carries the meaning · 未 gives the sound
8 strokes
Three readings, and the words that use each
ミmi · on'yomi · in compounds
- 意味いみmeaning
- 興味きょうみinterest (in something)
- 趣味しゅみhobby
- 味噌みそbean paste
- 味覚みかくsense of taste
あじaji · kun'yomi · on its own
- 味あじflavor
- 後味あとあじaftertaste
あじわうajiwau · kun'yomi
- 味わうあじわうtaste, appreciate
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成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)口 mouth (meaning) + 未 (sound)
Source: Wiktionary, 味 (rev. 92521691), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Open your mouth wide and what do you see? A simple, sturdy square!”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
未
Also built on un- (未)
味 takes the 未 family's reading, ミ (mi).
Also read ミ
5 kanji share this on'yomiEasy to confuse
The difference, side by side味 flavor · 未
vs束 bundle · 木In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · wèi
Same form: 味 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 味 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 味 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin wèi most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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