taste / smell / (fig.) (noun suffix) feel / quality / sense / (TCM) classifier for ingredients of a medicine prescription

= + : Willy Walrus is wondering about that strange smell in the bathroom of the Eiffel Tower. He can't quite place it. The smell is from Ai Weiwei's new installation: A tower of mandarins.

味 character breakdown

mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls

Mnemonic symbol: 口 shall be represented by a mandarin. Karl Marx (k-) is enjoying a mandarin in the outhouse's living room (ou3).
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°

= + : Shortly after finishing a new installation in the Eiffel Tower's bathroom, Ai Weiwei is imprisoned by Willy Walrus, because—out of all places—Ai Weiwei put his new installation right into Willy Walrus's toilet. Ai Weiwei's installation is a Christmas tree with a tiny, slightly tilted flute on top. Ai Weiwei would really, really like to correct the tilted flute, but so far, Willy Walrus has not yet let him out.

Characters with 味 as component

味 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 味

blindly / invariably
shamisen, three-stringed Japanese musical instrument
not the right flavor / not quite right / a bit off / fishy / queer / amiss / feel bad / be upset
to be upset / to feel disgusted
to become tainted with the smell of sth else / to pick up an odor
the five flavors, namely: sweet 甜, sour 酸, bitter 苦, spicy hot 辣, salty 鹹|咸 / all kinds of flavors
a complete gamut of all five flavors (idiom); every flavor under the sun
schizandra (Schisandra chinensis) / Magnolia vine
with complex feelings (idiom)
Beijing flavor / Beijing style

Sentences with 味

ǎn
xia̅n
cháng
cháng
shén
me
zi̅
wèi