Read Edit View history 味 wèi HSK2 taste Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 未 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas wèi × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 味 Simp strokes 味 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 味 Simp strokes 味 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 味 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 77, 573 ], [ 104, 542 ], [ 141, 313 ] ], [ [ 131, 546 ], [ 156, 562 ], [ 231, 586 ], [ 261, 584 ], [ 282, 564 ], [ 257, 439 ], [ 236, 423 ] ], [ [ 158, 367 ], [ 172, 383 ], [ 227, 395 ], [ 291, 393 ] ], [ [ 422, 603 ], [ 450, 597 ], [ 503, 600 ], [ 684, 641 ], [ 744, 642 ] ], [ [ 358, 417 ], [ 409, 409 ], [ 494, 426 ], [ 752, 461 ], [ 795, 460 ], [ 852, 445 ] ], [ [ 528, 829 ], 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143,359 154,361Z", "M602,595C651,606 727,620 751,631C757,635 758,642 755,648C750,657 738,665 718,668C675,676 641,655 603,645C572,637 572,637 556,633C526,626 474,620 430,614C405,612 402,603 419,590C455,562 497,574 558,586C587,592 587,592 602,595Z", "M601,419C649,427 728,429 838,429C852,430 860,433 864,439C868,447 864,456 852,465C828,483 804,494 779,494C745,493 654,472 601,463C571,458 571,458 556,456C495,447 430,438 361,427C346,425 343,418 355,407C364,398 375,391 389,388C411,385 440,396 527,408C576,415 576,415 601,419Z", "M601,463C601,507 601,552 602,595C603,628 603,628 603,645C603,690 608,730 620,762C624,774 630,784 626,792C622,800 599,814 561,837C544,848 528,849 515,838C510,835 509,826 516,816C555,757 553,696 556,633C557,602 557,602 558,586C558,576 556,479 556,456C555,388 555,388 555,354C553,237 549,148 534,89C523,51 527,10 546,-37C562,-80 580,-76 594,-31C599,-12 603,7 603,28C602,57 601,172 601,374C601,433 601,433 601,463Z", "M527,408C475,314 379,219 244,119C234,113 234,108 240,105C256,99 291,112 348,147C404,182 473,250 555,354C589,397 551,457 527,408Z", "M601,374C647,302 695,233 747,164C761,146 781,135 809,129C857,120 908,116 961,118C974,119 982,120 984,123C985,128 981,133 972,138C941,155 907,172 870,189C795,226 705,304 601,418C591,428 592,386 601,374Z" ] } 8 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.