Character: 味
Modern (Beijing) reading: wèi
Preclassic Old Chinese: mǝts
Classic Old Chinese: mǝć
Western Han Chinese: mǝś
Eastern Han Chinese: mwǝś
Early Postclassic Chinese: mwɨś
Middle Postclassic Chinese: mwɨ̀j
Late Postclassic Chinese: mwɨ̀j
Middle Chinese: mwɨ̀j
English meaning : taste [LZ]
Russian meaning[s]: 1) вкус; привкус; 2) запах; аромат; вонь; 3) интерес; 4) изящество; прелесть; 5) наслаждаться; смаковать; 6) счетный суффикс лекарств
Comments: Standard Sino-Viet. is vị. Since the Chinese word also means (in later times) 'interest', Viet. muối 'interesting' may be traced back to the same source. For *m- cf. Xiamen, Chaozhou bi6, Fuzhou muoi6, Jianou mi6.
Radical: 30
Four-angle index: 5328
Karlgren code: 0531 g
Go-on: mi
Kan-on: bi
Japanese reading: mi+;aji+;ajiwau+
Vietnamese reading: mùi
