wèi

taste; smell; classifier for drugs (in TCM)

HSK 4 #844

Character data

HSK 4
Frequency 844th character
Radical ⼝ (30.5)
Strokes 8
Index # 1078

Definitions

味 wèi
  1. 1. taste
  2. 2. smell
  3. 3. classifier for drugs (in TCM)

Stroke order

味 stroke order diagram
味 stroke order animation

Words containing 味

Word Meaning
meaningful; profound; significant
unpleasant odor
hinted appeal; interest; implicit charm in rhyme or sound
taste bud(s)
wild animals and birds hunted for food or sport; game
authentic; original
seasoning; flavoring
seafood
blindly; invariably
monosodium glutamate (MSG)
full of interest; (fig.) delightful; flavorsome
thought-provoking; to provide food for thought
lingering in memory; (fig.) memorable
tasty; to be absorbed in sth; interesting
sweetener (food additive)
tired of; fed up; (of a person) to annoy
exotic delicacies; luxury foodstuff from distant locations
to ponder subtleties; to ruminate
tasty; delicious
tasteless; insipid; tastes as if one is chewing wax (idiom)
bitter taste; bitterness
monosodium glutamate (MSG)
interest; taste
to lose flavor
umami, one of the five basic tastes (cookery)