味 · taste, flavor

JLPT N4 kanji. Readings, meaning, and how the character is built.

味 means taste, flavor. It is a JLPT N4 kanji written in 8 strokes, read あじ or み. It is built from 2 parts: 口 (mouth), 未 (un-, not yet). It appears in 美味しい (delicious / tasty) and 味噌 (miso / bean paste).

筆順 · Stroke order

味 is written in 8 strokes, in the order numbered below. Order matters: it is what makes handwriting legible, and it is how the character is looked up in a paper dictionary.

解字 · What it is made of

味 breaks into 2 parts.

• 口 semantic mouth · left carries the meaning
• 未 other un-, not yet · right component

Words that use 味

Word	Reading	Meaning
美味しい	おいしい	delicious / tasty
味	あじ	flavor / taste
味噌	みそ	miso / bean paste

Built from the same parts

These use 口 or 未 too. The part keeps its job from one character to the next, which is what makes it worth learning once.

• 員member
• 向to face
• 合to fit
• 事thing
• 問question
• 言say
• 妹younger sister

Practise 味

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