Chinese Character 味 Meanings and components.

Form

味

Meaning

味 meaning[3] in English

Taste.

Smell.

(Fig.) (Noun Suffix) Feel.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 味 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are mouth (口) , and not yet (未)

Its radical[1] is: 口 (kou3) which means: Mouth, Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc), Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls, .口kou3mouth

In cangjie it is written with RJD

How to write 味

To write味wei4taste you should write a combination of 口kou3mouth , 未wei4not yet arranged in a 吅 shape:

口 + 未 = 味

味 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 味 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 味, looks as follow:

味
Pinyin:wei4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Taste . Smell . (Fig.) (Noun Suffix) Feel . Quality . Sense . (Tcm) Classifier For Ingredients Of A Medicine Prescription
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls
未
Pinyin:wei4 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Not Yet . Did Not . Have Not . Not . 8th Earthly Branch: 1-3 P.M., 6th Solar Month (7th July-6th August), Year Of The Sheep . Ancient Chinese Compass Point: 210°
木
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Surname Mu
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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