Jisho

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8 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening
Parts:
flavor, taste
Kun:
あじあじ.わう
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
442 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 味 【ミ】 (sense of) taste, counter for kinds of food, drink or medicine
  • 【ミ】 -ness (as in "sweetness"), -th (as in "warmth"), a touch of, a tinge of, place, alternating between ... and ..., sometimes ... and sometimes ...
  • 厚み 【アツミ】 thickness, profundity, depth
  • 加味 【カミ】 seasoning, flavoring, flavouring, addition, inclusion, taking into account

Kun reading compounds

  • 味 【あじ】 flavor, flavour, taste, charm, appeal, uniqueness, attractiveness, experience, taste (e.g. of victory), smart, clever, witty, strange
  • 味付け 【あじつけ】 seasoning, flavour, flavor
  • 切れ味 【きれあじ】 sharpness, cutting ability, quickness (of wit), incisiveness, technical proficiency, skill, peppiness (of a ball)
  • 下味 【したあじ】 seasoning of food
  • 味わう 【あじわう】 to taste, to savor, to savour, to relish, to appreciate, to enjoy, to relish, to digest, to experience, to go through, to taste (e.g. victory), to know (e.g. pain)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
wei4
Korean:
mi

Spanish

  • sabor
  • gusto
  • experiencia

Portuguese

  • sabor
  • gosto

French

  • goût
  • saveur
516 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
415 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
393 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
295 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
913 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
339 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
137 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
572 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.19 Japanese for Busy People
307 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
307 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
311 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
302 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
325 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
206 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
247 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
224 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
3456 Morohashi
274 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
766 New Nelson (John Haig)
219 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
233 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
169 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
315 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3764 2001 Kanji
3d5.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-5 SKIP code
6509.0 Four corner code
1-44-03 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5473 Unicode hex code

14 strokes (also 15)
Radical:
mouth, opening
Parts:

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 乾燥味噌 【カンソウミソ】 freeze-dried powdered miso (usu. salty), instant miso
  • 西京味噌 【サイキョウミソ】 Kyoto-style miso, Kyoto-style sweet white bean paste (esp. used for pickling fish)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
cheng1, ceng1
Korean:
jaeng, jeung

Spanish

Portuguese

French

984 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
882 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
651 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
4303X Morohashi
873 New Nelson (John Haig)
2177 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2295 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3d12.9 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-11 SKIP code
6806.6 Four corner code
1-33-25 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
564c Unicode hex code

12 strokes
Radical:
fire 火 (灬)
Parts:
Variants:
boil, cook
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1565 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 煮沸 【シャフツ】 boiling up
  • 煮沸器 【シャフツキ】 scalder

Kun reading compounds

  • 煮る 【にる】 to boil, to simmer, to stew, to seethe
  • 煮るなり焼くなり 【にるなりやくなり】 as you please, in any way you like, as you wish
  • 煮える 【にえる】 to be boiled, to be cooked
  • 煮やす 【にやす】 to cook inside

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhu3
Korean:
ja

Spanish

  • cocer
  • hervir

Portuguese

  • ferver
  • cozinhar

French

  • mijoter
  • bouillir
  • cuire
1338 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1294 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2771 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1179 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1518 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1787 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1795 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1931 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1315 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1277 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3460 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1782 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2426 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1265 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
19165P Morohashi
2785 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3437 New Nelson (John Haig)
1257 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1346 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1563 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1440 2001 Kanji
4d8.9 The Kanji Dictionary
2-8-4 SKIP code
3-4-8 SKIP code
4433.6 Four corner code
1-28-49 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
716e Unicode hex code