口味

kǒuwèi · HSK 7

a person's taste

👅 口味 = mouth (口) + taste (味) = a person's taste or a food's flavor

口 — pictograph of an open mouth
口 is one of the oldest pictographs in Chinese, originally drawn as a simple outline of an open mouth. Its core meaning 'mouth' extended naturally to 'opening' or 'entrance', as in 入口 (entrance). It also serves as a common radical in characters related to speech, eating, or apertures.

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