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

to signify / to mean / to imply
flavor / smell / hint of
fragrance / bouquet / sweet smell / CL:股[gu3]
bad smell / foul odor
body odor / to appreciate a subtle taste
umami, one of the five basic tastes (cookery)
exotic odors assail the nostrils (idiom)
variant of 滷味|卤味[lu3 wei4]

Sentences with 味

ǎn
xia̅n
cháng
cháng
shén
me
zi̅
wèi