味(wèi)

HSK 28 strokes

taste

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Character information

Pinyin
wèi
Meaning
taste; smell; (fig.) (noun suffix) feel; quality; sense; (TCM) classifier for ingredients of a medicine prescription
Strokes
8
HSK level
HSK 2
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 味 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Phonetic-semantic compound⿰口未

In this compound, the meaning comes from 口 (mouth); 未 supplies the sound.

One part carries the meaning, the other suggests the sound.

Made of

口kǒu未wèi

Parts are arranged left to right.

How to write 味 step by step

8 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 味

Common words using 味 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

wèi味dào道
HSK 2

flavor; taste

Open 味道 page →
wèi味ér儿
HSK 4

taste

Open 味儿 page →
yī一wèi味
HSK 7-9

persistently; stubbornly; blindly

Open 一味 page →
yuán原zhī汁yuán原wèi味
HSK 7-9

original; authentic

Open 原汁原味 page →
kǒu口wèi味
HSK 7-9

a person's preferences

Open 口味 page →
wèi味jīng精
HSK 7-9

monosodium glutamate (MSG)

Open 味精 page →
huí回wèi味
HSK 7-9

to call to mind and ponder over

Open 回味 page →
chuàn串wèi味

to become tainted with the smell of sth else; to pick up an odor

Open 串味 page →

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万且业为主举久乐

From 味’s common words

道儿一原汁口精回

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