味 — flavor, taste
あじ
味
flavor
Grade 3
Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school.
8 strokes
food
U+5473
Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard.
Freq #442
Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common.
Heisig #223
Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.
Meanings
- flavor
- taste
word
あじ aji Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).
み mi On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).
Jukujikun Jukujikun Jukujikun (熟字訓) — special readings where the pronunciation applies to the whole compound word rather than individual kanji. The reading cannot be split per character.
ま ma Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).
Appears in idioms
Components
Composed of
Phono-semantic compound (形声). 口 (mouth) gives the meaning. 未 (mi, not yet) provides the sound. Flavor or taste.