Onyomi: ミ · Kunyomi: あじ, あじ.わう · Meanings: flavor, taste
Kanji for flavor, taste
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The kanji 写 combines the “roof” radical (宀) with the component for “shoot” or “copy,” symbolizing capturing something under a shelter or carefully reproducing it. In ancient times, it represented drawing or copying images. 写 came to mean copy, photograph, or depict, capturing the idea of reproducing or showing something accurately.
A roof over a scene being copied — 写 means to copy, photograph, or depict.
Imagine taking a picture or carefully copying a scene under a roof — that’s 写, the kanji for copying or photographing.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 味 | あじ | flavor, flavour, taste | common JLPT-N4 Noun |
| み | み | -ness (as in "sweetness"), -th (as in "warmth"), a touch of, a tinge of | Suffix |
| 味 | み | (sense of) taste | Noun |
| 味噌 | みそ | miso, fermented condiment usu. made from soybeans | common JLPT-N4 Noun |
| 味覚 | みかく | (sense of) taste, palate | common JLPT-N1 Noun |
| 味方 | みかた | friend, ally, supporter | common JLPT-N3 Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no' |
| 味わう | あじわう | to taste, to savor, to savour, to relish | common JLPT-N2 Godan verb with 'u' ending, Transitive verb |
| 味わい | あじわい | flavour, flavor, taste | common JLPT-N1 Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no' |
| 味噌汁 | みそしる | miso soup | common Noun |
| 味付け | あじつけ | seasoning, flavour, flavor | common Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb, Intransitive verb |