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梅
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small plum

HSK 6 N1
Nature →Plants
méi
バイ
うめ
매
Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 每 represents the sound.
Components
木 tree+ 每 every =
梅 small plum
木 Meaning component
mù tree
每 Phonetic component
měi every
every, each
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Notes
Similar Characters
乘 hitch a ride休 rest县 district (simp)呆 dim-witted喿 chirping of birds宋 song尌 standing尞 burnt offering巢 nest新 new本 book朱 vermillion杏 apricot析 analyze林 woods枚 small objects果 fruit枼 table某 such and such柰 crab-apple tree
Historical Evolution
Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Seal Wu (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
Seal
Wu (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
梅
Regular
Modern
Chinese
梅 [Méi]
surname Mei
梅 [méi]
plum; plum flower; Japanese apricot (Prunus mume)
Japanese
梅 、 楳 うめ 、 むめ (old) 、 ウメ 同音

noun

  1. Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; Chinese plum
  2. lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
梅の花は今週が見頃です。
The plum blossoms are at their best this week.
Japanese Names
梅 うめ
Ume female given namesurname
梅 うめさき
Umesaki surname
梅 うめさざき
Umesazaki surname
梅 うめざき
Umezaki surname
梅 ばい
Bai surname
梅 め
Me surname
梅 めい
Mei surname
CHINESE WORDS (122)
梅林 [Méi​lín] #5,155
Merlin
梅花 [méi​huā] #26,022
plum blossom
梅毒 [méi​dú] #9,654
syphilis
梅西 [Méi​xī] #17,734
Lionel Messi (1987-), Argentine footballer
不来梅 [Bù​lái​méi] #38,846
Bremen (city)
不来梅 [Bù​lái​méi] #38,846
Bremen (city)
梅子 [méi​zi] #21,349
plum
青梅竹马 [qīng​méi​zhú​mǎ] #21,206
lit. green plums and hobby-horse (idiom)
青梅竹马 [qīng​méi​zhú​mǎ] #21,206
lit. green plums and hobby-horse (idiom)
杨梅 [Yáng​méi] #62,101
Yangmei town in Taoyuan county 桃園縣|桃园县[Táo​yuán​xiàn], north Taiwan
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JAPANESE WORDS (113)
⭐ 梅 [うめ] #9,116
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume)
⭐ 梅雨 [つゆ] #19,624
(East Asian) rainy season (in Japan, usu. from early June to mid-July)
⭐ 梅干し [うめぼし] #24,690
umeboshi
⭐ 梅酒 [うめしゅ] #55,055
ume liqueur
⭐ 紅梅 [こうばい] #57,010
red-blossomed plum tree
梅毒 [ばいどく] #57,037
syphilis
⭐ 青梅 [あおうめ] #58,567
unripe plum
⭐ 梅雨入り [つゆいり] #60,735
entering the rainy season
梅雨時 [つゆどき] #62,549
wet season
⭐ 梅雨明け [つゆあけ] #63,632
end of the rainy season
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KOREAN WORDS (1)
매실
plum