味

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Han character 1.1.1 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Kanji 3.1.1 Readings 3.1.2 Compounds 3.2 Noun 3.3 Suffix 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 5 Mandarin 5.1 Hanzi 5.1.1 Compounds

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Han character

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

1. taste, smell, odor
2. delicacy

[edit] 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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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

味 (Yale mei6)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Kanji

味 (grade 3 kanji)

[edit] Readings

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

[edit] Compounds

味方 味噌 味噌汁 三味線

意味 無意味 甘味 地味

気味 不気味 趣味 赤味

黒味 厚味 不味い 美味しい

[edit] Noun

味 (hiragana あじ, romaji aji)

1. flavour (UK); flavor (US)

[edit] Suffix

味 (hiragana み, romaji mi)

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

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

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

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Hanzi

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

[edit] Compounds

• 五味子