味

See also 昧

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 口 + phonetic 未. Middle Chinese muj去 (Pulleyblank), Old Chinese *mɯds (Zhengzhang Shangfang).

Han character

味 (radical 30 口+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 口十木 (RJD), four-corner 6509₀, composition ⿰口未)

1. taste, flavor, smell, odor
2. delicacy

References

• KangXi: page 182, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3456
• Dae Jaweon: page 401, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 597, character 6
• Unihan data for U+5473

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Cantonese

Hanzi

味 (jyutping mei6, Yale mei6)

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Japanese

Kanji

味 (grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: み (mi), び (bi)
• Kun: あじ (aji), あじわう (味わう, ajiwau)

Compounds

味方 (みかた, mikata) 味噌 (みそ, miso) 味噌汁 (みそしる, misoshiru) 三味線 (しゃみせん, shamisen; さみせん, samisen) 興味 (きょうみ, kyōmi) 意味 (いみ, imi) 無意味 (むいみ, muimi)

甘味 (あまみ, amami) 地味 (じみ, jimi) 気味 (きみ, kimi) 不気味な (ぶきみ, bukimi) 趣味 (しゅみ, shumi) 赤味 (あかみ, akami) 黒味 (くろみ, kuromi)

厚味 (あつみ, atsumi) 不味い (まずい, mazui) 美味しい (おいしい, oishii) 旨味 (うまみ, umami) 賞味 (しょうみ, shōmi)

Noun

味 (hiragana あじ, romaji aji)

1. flavour (UK); flavor (US)

Suffix

味 (hiragana み, romaji mi)

1. (after an i-adjective stem) -ness; any degree of being

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Korean

Hanja

味 (hangeul 미, revised mi, McCune-Reischauer mi)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

味 (pinyin wèi (wei4), Wade-Giles wei⁴), mèi

Compounds

• 风味
• 海味
• 味道
• 味精
• 味蕾
• 五味子
• 意味
• 鲜味
• 一味

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Middle Chinese

Han character

味 (*miə̀i)

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Vietnamese

Han character

味 (vị, mùi, mồi)