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TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 (est.) · 字
味 character · TOCFL 1 (est.)
味 ＝ 口 ＋ 未
ㄨㄟˋ · wèi
noun — taste, flavor; smell

字源 FORM — what the parts do

口義a mouth, where taste is judged
未聲wèi — gives the soundalso under 妹 (mèi) and 昧 (mèi)
A mouth (口) with 未 wèi for the sound — what the tongue makes of food. 未 reads the same wèi here, no shift. From taste, the flavor of a thing and the relish of an experience: 味道、口味、趣味.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

一口（口）含著，還沒（未）嚥下去——先嘗那個味。
You hold a mouthful (口), not yet (未) swallowed — first you taste it.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)滋味、味道— taste, flavor常用
→口味、調味— one's taste; to season常用
⇒趣味、興味— interest, relish
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
未wèithe lookalike — 未 is bare; 味 sets a mouth 口 beside it for the thing tasted昧mèithe sibling — same 未 sound over a 日, read mèi (dim)