味
taste; smell; (fig.) (noun suffix) feel; quality; sense; (TCM) classifier for ingredients of a medicine prescription
8 strokes
Dict coverage rank #625 U+5473
How 味 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
口 (semantic, “mouth”) + 未 (phonetic, wèi)
How to remember it
flavor · Heisig RSH #218
未 not yet + 口 mouth
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 未
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 未 (wèi) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 未 sound component | wèi | not yet; 8th terrestrial branch |
| 妹 | mèi | younger sister |
| 昧 | mèi | dark, hidden, obscure |
Words containing 味
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 人情味儿 | rén qíng wèi r | erhua variant of 人情味[ren2 qing2 wei4] |
| 美味可口 | měi wèi kě kǒu | delicious; tasty |
| 人情味 | rén qíng wèi | human warmth; friendliness; human touch |
| 三味线 | sān wèi xiàn | shamisen, three-stringed Japanese musical instrument |
| 重口味 | zhòng kǒu wèi | strong flavor (spicy, salty etc); (of food) strongly flavored; (of a person) having a pref… |
| 对味儿 | duì wèi r | tasty; to one's liking |
| 食不知味 | shí bù zhī wèi | lit. to eat without tasting the food; worried or downhearted (idiom) |
| 不是味儿 | bù shì wèi r | not the right flavor; not quite right; a bit off; fishy; queer; amiss; feel bad; be upset |
| 没人味儿 | méi rén wèi r | erhua variant of 沒人味|没人味[mei2 ren2 wei4] |
| 五味子 | wǔ wèi zǐ | schizandra (Schisandra chinensis); Magnolia vine |
| 品味生活 | pǐn wèi shēng huó | to appreciate life |
| 土味情话 | tǔ wèi qíng huà | cheesy pick-up lines |
| 一味 | yī wèi | persistently; stubbornly; blindly |
| 味之素 | Wèi zhī sù | Ajinomoto, Japanese food and chemical corporation |
| 意味深长 | yì wèi shēn cháng | profound; significant; meaningful |
| 走味儿 | zǒu wèi r | erhua variant of 走味[zou3 wei4] |
| 无味 | wú wèi | flavorless; unpalatable; odorless; dull; uninteresting |
| 味儿 | wèi r | taste |
| 海味 | hǎi wèi | seafood |
| 有味 | yǒu wèi | tasty |