味

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taste; smell; (fig.) (noun suffix) feel; quality; sense; (TCM) classifier for ingredients of a medicine prescription

Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

口 meaning “mouth” + 未 sound ( wèi )

Components 口未

flavor · Heisig RSH #218

未 not yet + 口 mouth

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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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

Characters sharing the sound component 未 — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
未 sound part	wèi	not yet; 8th terrestrial branch
妹	mèi	younger sister
昧	mèi	dark, hidden, obscure