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味

See also: 昧
味 U+5473, 味
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5473
← 呲
[U+5472] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 呴 →
[U+5474]

Translingual

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Han character

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味 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 口十木 (RJD), four-corner 65090, composition ⿰口未)

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 182, character 13
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3456
  • Dae Jaweon: page 401, character 14
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 597, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+5473

Chinese

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simp. and trad.
 味

Glyph origin

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Characters in the same phonetic series (未) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
寐 *mids
魅 *mrɯds
鬽 *mrɯds
昧 *mɯːds
妹 *mɯːds
眛 *maːds, *mɯːds
沬 *maːds, *hmɯːds, *mɯds
未 *mɯds
味 *mɯds
鮇 *mɯds
菋 *mɯds

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *mɯds) : semantic 口 (“mouth”) + phonetic 未 (OC *mɯds).

Etymology

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Schuessler (2007) compared this word with Proto-Monic *[ʔ]məp (“good tasting, have a pleasant flavour, be pleasant”) > Mon မိပ် (mìp, “to be happy, to enjoy”). Unger (1992) connects this with Tibetan བྲོད (brod) (< བྲོ (bro, “to taste”)). Also compare Korean 맛 (mat, “taste”), 멋 (meot, “taste; charm”).

Pronunciation

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Note: mei6-2 - classifier.
Note:
  • ê - taste, smell, food;
  • mê - (figurative) taste, fun, interest.
Note:
  • 3mi - colloquial;
  • 3vi - literary.
  • Dialectal data
Variety Location 味
Mandarin Beijing /uei⁵¹/
Harbin /uei⁵³/
Tianjin /vei⁵³/
Jinan /vei²¹/
Qingdao /ve⁴²/
Zhengzhou /uei³¹²/
Xi'an /vi⁴⁴/
Xining /uɨ²¹³/
Yinchuan /vei¹³/
Lanzhou /vei¹³/
Ürümqi /vei²¹³/
Wuhan /uei³⁵/
Chengdu /uei¹³/
Guiyang /uei²¹³/
Kunming /uei²¹²/
Nanjing /uəi⁴⁴/
Hefei /ue⁵³/
Jin Taiyuan /vei⁴⁵/
Pingyao /uei³⁵/
Hohhot /vei⁵⁵/
Wu Shanghai /mi²³/
/vi²³/
Suzhou /vi³¹/
/mi³¹/
Hangzhou /vi¹³/
Wenzhou /mei²²/
Hui Shexian /ue²²/
Tunxi /ue¹¹/
Xiang Changsha /uei⁵⁵/
/uei¹¹/
Xiangtan /uəi²¹/
Gan Nanchang /ui²¹/
Hakka Meixian /mi⁵³/
Taoyuan /mui⁵⁵/
Cantonese Guangzhou /mei²²/
Nanning /mi²²/
Hong Kong /mei²²/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /bi²²/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /ɛi²⁴²/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /mi⁴⁴/
Shantou (Teochew) /bi³¹/
Haikou (Hainanese) /vi²³/
Rime
Character 味
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 微 (21)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 無沸切
Baxter mj+jH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/mʉiH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/mʷɨiH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/miuəiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/mujH/
Li
Rong 		/miuəiH/
Wang
Li 		/mĭwəiH/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/mwe̯iH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		wèi
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		mei6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 味
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		wèi
Middle
Chinese 		‹ mjɨjH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*m[ə]t-s/
English taste (n.)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 味
Reading # 1/1
No. 12918
Phonetic
component 		未
Rime
group 		隊
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		未
Old
Chinese 		/*mɯds/

Definitions

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味

  1. taste; flavor
  2. smell; odor (Classifier: 股 m; 𠹻 c)
    點解你間房好似有𠹻味嘅？ [Cantonese, trad.]
    点解你间房好似有𠹻味嘅？ [Cantonese, simp.]
    dim2 gaai2 nei5 gaan1 fong4-2 hou2 ci5 jau5 zam6 mei6 ge3? [Jyutping]
    Why does your room seem like there is some smell?
  3. food
    海味  ―  hǎiwèi  ―  seafood [i.e. taste of the sea]
  4. to taste; to reflect on; to experience
    品味  ―  pǐnwèi  ―  to taste; to appreciate
  5. interest; fun; taste
    意味  ―  yìwèi  ―  meaning
    趣味  ―  qùwèi  ―  fun; taste
  6. Classifier for ingredients of a Chinese medicine prescription.
  7. Classifier for dishes.
    今日味味餸都啱嗮我胃口。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    今日味味𩠌都啱嗮我胃口。 [Cantonese, simp.]
    gam1 jat6 mei6 mei6 sung3 dou1 ngaam1 saai3 ngo5 wai6 hau2. [Jyutping]
    Every dish here today is my kind of food.
    一魚幾味／一鱼几味 [Cantonese]  ―  jat1 jyu4 gei2 mei6-2 [Jyutping]  ―  one fish, several dishes
  8. (Cantonese) Classifier for things: kind; sort
    呢味嘢太惡搞喇。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    呢味嘢太恶搞喇。 [Cantonese, simp.]
    ni1 mei6-2 je5 taai3 ok3 gaau2 laa3. [Jyutping]
    This kind of stuff is too hard to handle.
    原來你中意嗰味嘢嘅。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    原来你中意嗰味嘢嘅。 [Cantonese, simp.]
    jyun4 loi4 nei5 zung1 ji3 go2 mei6-2 je5 ge3. [Jyutping]
    So you like that kind of stuff.
  9. (particle physics) flavor

Synonyms

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Dialectal synonyms of 味道 (“taste; flavour”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 味
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 滋味, 味道, 風味, 口味
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 味兒
Taiwan 味道, 味
Singapore 味道, 味
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 味兒
Central Plains Mandarin Xi'an 味道
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 味道
Wuhan 味口, 味
Guilin 味道
Jianghuai Mandarin Yangzhou 味道
Hefei 味道
Cantonese Guangzhou 味道, 味
Hong Kong 味道, 味
Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) 味道
Yangjiang 味
Singapore (Guangfu) 味道, 味
Gan Nanchang 味道
Hakka Meixian 味道
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 味緒, 味道
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 味緒, 味道
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 味緒, 味道
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 味緒, 味道
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 味緒, 味道
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 味素, 味緒, 味道
Hong Kong 味
Singkawang 味
Jin Taiyuan 味兒, 味道
Northern Min Jian'ou 味道
Eastern Min Fuzhou 味
Southern Min Xiamen 味, 味素
Quanzhou 味, 味素
Zhangzhou 味, 味素
Penang (Hokkien) 味素
Singapore (Hokkien) 味素, 味
Manila (Hokkien) 味, 味素
Chaozhou 味素, 味道, 味
Shantou 味道, 味素
Jieyang 味, 味素
Wu Shanghai 吃口
Suzhou 味道
Wenzhou 味道
Xiang Changsha 味道
Shuangfeng 味道
Dialectal synonyms of 氣味 (“smell; odour”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 氣息, 臭味, 氣
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 味兒
Taiwan 味
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 味兒
Central Plains Mandarin Xi'an 味兒, 味氣
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 味味子, 味味兒
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 氣氣, 味道
Wuhan 氣味, 氣色
Jianghuai Mandarin Yangzhou 味道
Hefei 味道, 氣味
Cantonese Guangzhou 味, 𡃴
Hong Kong 味, 𡃴
Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) 𡃴
Yangjiang 味, 𡃴
Gan Nanchang 氣味
Hakka Meixian 味道, 氣味
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 味道, 氣味
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 味道, 氣味
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 味道, 氣味
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 味道, 氣味
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 味道, 氣味
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 味道, 氣味
Hong Kong 味
Jin Taiyuan 味氣
Northern Min Jian'ou 味道, 氣色
Eastern Min Fuzhou 味
Southern Min Xiamen 味, 味素
Quanzhou 味, 味素
Zhangzhou 味
Singapore (Hokkien) 味, 味素, 峇羽
Manila (Hokkien) 味, 味素
Chaozhou 味, 味素, 羶, 氣味
Wu Suzhou 味道, 氣味
Wenzhou 氣道
Xiang Changsha 氣色, 味道, 氣味
Shuangfeng 氣色, 氣

Compounds

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (味):
  • → Japanese: 味(み) (mi)
  • → Korean: 미(味) (mi)
  • → Vietnamese: vị (味)

Others:

  • → Proto-Hmong-Mien: *hmeiᴴ (“taste; to try”)
  • → Vietnamese: mùi (“smell”)

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Japanese

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Kanji

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味

(Third grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

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Compounds

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Compounds

Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
味
あじ
Grade: 3
kun'yomi

/adi/ → /ad͡ʑi/ → /aʑi/

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *anti.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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味(あじ) • (aji) ←あぢ (adi)?-na (adnominal 味(あじ)な (aji na), adverbial 味(あじ)に (aji ni))

  1. clever, smart, witty
  2. mysterious, strange
Inflection
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Inflection of 味
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) 味だろ あじだろ aji daro
Continuative (連用形) 味で あじで aji de
Terminal (終止形) 味だ あじだ aji da
Attributive (連体形) 味な あじな aji na
Hypothetical (仮定形) 味なら あじなら aji nara
Imperative (命令形) 味であれ あじであれ aji de are
Key constructions
Informal negative 味ではない
味じゃない 		あじではない
あじじゃない 		aji de wa nai
aji ja nai
Informal past 味だった あじだった aji datta
Informal negative past 味ではなかった
味じゃなかった 		あじではなかった
あじじゃなかった 		aji de wa nakatta
aji ja nakatta
Formal 味です あじです aji desu
Formal negative 味ではありません
味じゃありません 		あじではありません
あじじゃありません 		aji de wa arimasen
aji ja arimasen
Formal past 味でした あじでした aji deshita
Formal negative past 味ではありませんでした
味じゃありませんでした 		あじではありませんでした
あじじゃありませんでした 		aji de wa arimasen deshita
aji ja arimasen deshita
Conjunctive 味で あじで aji de
Conditional 味なら（ば） あじなら（ば） aji nara (ba)
Provisional 味だったら あじだったら aji dattara
Volitional 味だろう あじだろう aji darō
Adverbial 味に あじに aji ni
Degree 味さ あじさ ajisa
Classical conjugation of "味なり" (ナリ活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 味なら あぢなら adinara
Continuative (連用形) 味に[1]
味なり[2]		 あぢに
あぢなり		 adini
adinari
Terminal (終止形) 味なり あぢなり adinari
Attributive (連体形) 味なる あぢなる adinaru
Realis (已然形) 味なれ あぢなれ adinare
Imperative (命令形) 味なれ あぢなれ adinare
Key constructions
Negative 味ならず あぢならず adinarazu
Contrasting conjunction 味なれど あぢなれど adinaredo
Causal conjunction 味なれば あぢなれば adinareba
Conditional conjunction 味ならば あぢならば adinaraba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 味なりき あぢなりき adinariki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 味なりけり あぢなりけり adinarikeri
Adverbial 味に あぢに adini
[1]Without auxiliary verb.
[2]With auxiliary verb.

Noun

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味(あじ) • (aji) ←あぢ (adi)?

  1. a flavour (UK)/flavor (US), taste
    Synonym: 味覚 (mikaku)
    • 2006 April 9, Nobuhiro Watsuki, “武(ブ)装(ソウ)錬(レン)金(キン)ピリオド [Armed Alchemy: The End]”, in 武(ブ)装(ソウ)錬(レン)金(キン) [Armed Alchemy], volume 10, Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:
      食(た)べる？ママの味(あじ)　正(せい)確(かく)にはママの出(で)来(き)損(そこ)ないの成(な)れの果(は)ての味(あじ)
      Taberu? Mama no aji Seikaku ni wa mama no dekisokonai no nare no hate no aji
      You want some? It has my mom’s taste. Well, actually it has the taste of my failed attempts at cloning her taste.
  2. feeling, sensation
    Synonym: 感触 (kanshoku)
  3. experience, taste
    Synonym: 味わい (ajiwai)
  4. charm
  5. (go) aji, the ‘flavour’ or lingering possibilities of a position
    味(あじ)が悪(わる)い
    aji ga warui
    there is bad aji
    (literally, “the flavour is bad”)
  6. (go) bad aji, a lingering weakness in a position
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Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
味
み
Grade: 3
goon

From Middle Chinese 味 (MC mj+jH).

Also used in Old Japanese as 借音 (shakuon) kana for ⟨mi2⟩.

Affix

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味(み) • (mi) 

  1. flavor, taste
  2. tasting, savoring
  3. taste, savor
  4. Alternative spelling of 身 (mi): body part
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Noun

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味(み) • (mi) 

  1. a flavour (UK)/flavor (US), taste
    Synonym: 味覚 (mikaku)
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Counter

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味(み) • (-mi) 

  1. counter for kinds of food, drink, medicine, etc.

Suffix

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For pronunciation and definitions of 味 – see the following entry.
【み】
[suffix] 味: (after an i-adjective stem) -ness; used for subjective "quality" of being, as opposed to suffix さ (sa), also translated as -ness, used for objective "degree" of being
(This term, 味, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
Derived terms
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References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

Pronunciation

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Hanja

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Wikisource

味 (eumhun 맛 미 (mat mi))

  1. hanja form? of 미 (“taste”)

Compounds

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Old Japanese

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Japonic *anti.

Noun

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味 (adi) (kana あぢ)

  1. flavor, flavour
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Japanese: 味 (aji)
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Etymology 2

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Prefix

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味 (uma-) (kana うま)

  1. Alternative spelling of うま (uma-)
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Vietnamese

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Han character

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味: Hán Nôm readings: vị, mùi, mồi

  1. Nôm form of mùi (“smell; scent”).
  2. chữ Hán form of vị (“taste; flavor”).
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