Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 未 represents the sound.
Components
口 Meaning component
kǒu mouth
Notes
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Historical Evolution
味
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
味
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
味
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
味
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
味
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
味
Regular
Modern
Chinese
味 [wèi]
taste; smell; (fig.) (noun suffix) feel; quality; sense; (TCM) classifier for ingredients of a medicine prescription
Japanese
- (sense of) taste
- counter for kinds of food, drink or medicine
suffix
- -ness (as in "sweetness"); -th (as in "warmth"); a touch of; a tinge of (after an adjective stem; nominalizing suffix indicating a quality or feeling; also written with the ateji 味)
- place (after an adjective stem; nominalizing suffix)
- alternating between ... and ...; sometimes ... and sometimes ... (as ...み...み; after the -masu stems of verbs with opposite meanings or after the -masu stem and -zu form of the same verb)
noun
- flavor; flavour; taste
- charm; appeal; uniqueness; attractiveness
- experience; taste (e.g. of victory)
- aji; (explanation) position that has some lingering potential that may be exploited later in the game
adj-na
- smart; clever; witty; strange
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (190)
意味着 [yìwèizhe] #1,032
to signify
意味着 [yìwèizhe] #1,032
to signify
味道 [wèidao] #1,153
flavor
美味 [měiwèi] #2,875
delicious
口味 [kǒuwèi] #4,302
a person's preferences
意味 [yìwèi] #2,811
meaning
滋味 [zīwèi] #4,334
taste
气味 [qìwèi] #4,310
odor
气味 [qìwèi] #4,310
odor
品味 [pǐnwèi] #5,314
to sample
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JAPANESE WORDS (200)
⭐ 意味 [いみ] #211
meaning
⭐ 甘い [あまい] #729
sweet-tasting
⭐ 興味 [きょうみ] #870
interest (in something)
⭐ 味方 [みかた] #1,527
friend
⭐ 中身 [なかみ] #1,643
contents
⭐ 趣味 [しゅみ] #1,670
hobby
⭐ 味わう [あじわう] #1,906
to taste
⭐ 気味 [きみ] #2,559
sensation
意味がある [いみがある] #2,805
to have meaning
⭐ 美味しい [おいしい] #3,022
good(-tasting)
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