味精

wèi jīng

HSK 7freq #26745

Meanings

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wèi jīng

1.monosodium glutamate (MSG)

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Wiktionary

1.monosodium glutamate; MSG

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Etymology

Wasei kango (和(わ)製(せい)漢(かん)語(ご)), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 味(み)精(せい) (misei), coined by Kikunae Ikeda circa 1908. In Japan, it was renamed to 味(あじ)の素(もと) (ajinomoto) (→ 味之素 (wèizhīsù) or 味素 (wèisù)) for commercial reasons.

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Stroke order

Components

味口未

精米青

Components from cjk-decomp · MIT

Characters

味精

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Synonyms

味素穀氨酸鈉麩胺酸鈉味之素味粉師傅甜粉味四素味素粉味素精味子素

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