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Kanji Detail for 味 - "taste, flavor, meaning"

味

  • Meaning

    味 means "taste, flavor, meaning."

    1. Taste - The sensation of flavor.

    2. Flavor - A distinctive quality.

    3. Meaning - Significance; interest.

  • Words using 味

    • 意味 いみ Listen meaning; significance; sense
    • 興味 きょうみ Listen interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
    • 趣味 しゅみ Listen hobby; pastime; tastes
    • 気味 きみ Listen sensation; feeling; tendency
    • 持ち味 もちあじ Listen inherent flavor; inherent flavour; natural taste
    • 地味 じみ Listen plain; simple; subdued
    • 味わい あじわい Listen flavour; flavor; taste
    • 意味合い いみあい Listen implication; nuance; shade of meaning

  • Four-character idioms with 味

    • 一味同心 いちみどうしん Listen (people) working together with one mind
    • 一味徒党 いちみととう Listen whole party to a plot; whole gang; fellow conspirators
    • 低徊趣味 ていかいしゅみ Listen disposition toward rejecting mundane affairs and enjoying nature and art
    • 意味深長 いみしんちょう Listen with profound (and often hidden) meaning; pregnant with significance; meaningful
    • 手前味噌 てまえみそ Listen self-flattery; singing one's own praises
    • 無味乾燥 むみかんそう Listen dull; uninteresting; dry

  • Tattoo check: 味

    • Verified meaning: taste, flavor, meaning
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    flavor; taste

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    taste, smell, odor; delicacy

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

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

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    taste; smell, odor; delicacy

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Flavor. Sour, bitter, sweet, spicy, and salty are the five flavors. | To taste is called 味. Hence examining closely is also called 體味. | Having interest is called 有味.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    mi(ミ) ミ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    aji(あじ) あじ

    aji.wau(あじ-わう) あじ-わう

  • Strokes

    tip

    8 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    口 (kuchi・kuchihen)

  • Related Keywords

    taste flavor meaning refinement smell appreciate aroma cuisine deliciousness essence palate relish richness savor seasoning sensation significance umami zest

Sentences including 味

  • Her dress is not to my taste.

  • I supported her even against my father.

  • I can't make any sense of this letter.

  • I am interested in japanese history.

  • Everything that has meaning can be called language.

  • What does this word mean?

  • That makes no sense at all.

  • He is a genius in a sense.

  • You have good taste in music.

  • What you say is true in a sense.

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