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U+5473

Seal script

Radical:+ 5 strokes = 8 strokes total.
References:Guangyun: p.358#44 Kangxi: p.182#13 Cihai: p.265r4c04 GSR: 531.g Hanyu: v1,p0597#06
Composition:Left: , right: . Component of: 𠽘
Mandarin:wèi ㄨㄟˋ
Cantonese:mei6
Tang reconstruction:*miə̀i
Shuowen:口部》味:滋味也。从口未声。 
Guangyun:广韵·去声··》味:五味酸醎甘苦辛周礼疡医以酸养骨以辛养筋以醎养脉以苦养气以甘养肉以滑养窍。
Kangxi:康熙字典·口部·》味:《唐韵》《集韵》《韵会》《正韵》𠀤无沸切,音未。《说文》滋味也。《玉篇》五味,金辛木酸水咸火苦土甘。《礼·王制》五味异和。又《老子·道德经》味无味。《列子·天瑞篇》有味者,有味味者。《后汉·郞顗传》含味经籍。又五味,药名。《抱朴子·仙药篇》移门子服五味子十六年,色如玉女。《本草纲目》作菋。又《集韵》莫拜切,音𩎟。飮食之味。又莫佩切,音妹。器光泽也。又县名。《前汉·地理志》益州郡味县。《注》孟康曰:味音昧。又《释文》亡曷反,音沫。《礼·檀弓》瓦不成味。《注》味当作沫。沫靧也。○按《集韵》《类篇》引《礼·檀弓》瓦不成味,作莫佩切,而《释文》则止亡曷反一音,今两存之。
Fanqie:无沸 (《广韵·去声··》)
Unihan definition:taste, smell, odor; delicacy

Example usage

论语·述而》:子在齐闻韶,三月不知肉
When the Master was in Qi, he heard the Shao, and for three months did not know the taste of flesh.
孟子·告子上》:言饱乎仁义也,所以不愿人之膏粱之
"Satiated us with his goodness," that is, satiated us with benevolence and righteousness, and he who is so satiated, consequently, does not wish for the fat meat and fine millet of men.
礼记·问丧》:夫悲哀在中,故形变于外也,痛疾在心,故口不甘,身不安美也。
The internal grief and sorrow produced a change in his outward appearance; and with the severe pain in his heart, his mouth could not relish any savoury food, nor his body find ease in anything pleasant.
扬子法言》:弃常珍而嗜乎异馔者,恶睹其识也?
As for one who rejects the regular delicacies and is fond of strange dishes, how do you know that he can recognize tastes?
墨子·七患》:五谷尽收,则五尽御于主,不尽收则不尽御。
When all the five grains are gathered, all the five tastes will be offered the ruler; when not all gathered, the five tastes will not be all offered.
庄子·齐物论》:民食刍豢,麋鹿食荐,蝍且甘带,鸱鸦耆鼠,四者孰知正
Men eat animals that have been fed on grain and grass; deer feed on the thick-set grass; centipedes enjoy small snakes; owls and crows delight in mice; but does any one of the four know the right taste?
道德经》:令人口爽。
The flavours five deprive the mouth of taste.
史记·殷本纪》:阿衡欲奸汤而无由,乃为有莘氏媵臣,负鼎俎,以滋说汤,致于王道。
A-Heng wanted to meet Tang, but had no opportunity of doing so; he therefore became cook to the prince of Xin, and while bringing Tang dishes to taste urged him to perfect himself in the way of the ancient kings.
荀子·大略》:者予易牙,言音者予师旷,言治者予三王。
说苑·修文》:韶乐方作,孔子至彼,闻韶三月不知肉
春秋繁露·玉杯》:逆而距之,不若徐而之。
韩诗外传·卷二》:孔子曰:“口欲,心欲佚,教之以仁。”
大戴礼记》:其顺之,然后言其丧算,备其鼎俎,设其豕腊,修其宗庙,岁时以敬祭祀,以序宗族,则安其居处,丑其衣服,卑其宫室,车不雕几,器不刻镂,食不贰,以与民同利,昔之君子之行礼者如此。
白虎通德论·礼乐》:》之为言昧也,昧者,万物老衰,禁者万物禁藏,侏离者万物微离地而生。
新书·修政语上》:故使人食,然后食者,其得也多。
新序·刺奢》:食我以粝餐者,季岂不能具五哉!
中论·治学》:嘉膳之和,非取乎一
孔子家语·问礼》:即安其居,以缀恩义,卑其宫室,节其服御,车不雕玑,器不雕镂,食不二,心不淫志,以与万民同利。
论衡·幸偶》:蒸谷为饭,酿饭为酒,酒之成也,甘苦异
太玄经·》:次六,五和,调如美如,大人之飨。
孔丛子·连丛子下》:于是甘贫道,研精《坟》、《典》,十馀年间,会徒数百。
申鉴·杂言上》:夫酸咸甘苦不同,嘉以济谓之和羹。
新语·道基》:至于神农,以为行虫走兽,难以养民,乃求可食之物,尝百草之实,察酸苦之,教民食五谷。
蔡中郎集》:安贫乐潜,道守真。
列子·天瑞》:者,有者。
鶡冠子·夜行》:五行业也,五政道也,五音调也,五声故也,五事也,赏罚约也。
文子·道原》:布德不溉,用之不勤,视之不见,听之不闻,无形而有形生焉,无声而五音鸣焉,无而五形焉,无色而五色成焉,故有生于无,实生于虚。
文始真经·六匕》:可以养气,无一物非吾之气。
列仙传·酒客》:何以标异,醇醴殊
老子河上公章句》:人能除情欲,节滋,清五脏,则神明居之也。
韩非子·二柄》:齐桓公妒而好内,故竖刁自宫以治内,桓公好,易牙蒸其子首而进之。
管子·揆度》:其在者,醉辛咸苦甘也。
孙子兵法·兵势》:不过五,五之变,不可胜尝也。
六韬·三疑》:淫之以色,啗之以利,养之以,娱之以乐。
三略·上略》:夫将帅者,必与士卒同滋,而共安危,敌乃可加:故兵有全胜,敌有全因。
淮南子·齐俗训》:今屠牛而烹其肉,或以为酸,或以为甘,煎熬燎炙,齐万方,其本一牛之体。
吕氏春秋·不苟》:内史廖对曰:“戎人不达于五音与五,君不若遗之。”
尹文子·大道上》:五色、五声、五臭、五,凡四类,自然存焉天地之间,而不期为人用。
邓析子·无厚》:君子并物而错之,兼涂而用之,五未尝,而辨于口。
春秋左传》:冬,王使周公阅来聘,飨有昌歜,白,黑,形盐,辞曰,国君文足昭也,武可畏也,则有备物之飨,以象其德,荐五,羞嘉谷,盐虎形,以献其功,吾何以堪之。
逸周书·大聚解》:乡立巫医,具百药以备疾灾,畜百草以备五,立勤人以职孤,立正长以顺幼,立职丧以恤死,立大葬以正同,立君子以修礼乐,立小人以教用兵,立乡射以习和容。

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