梅 — kanji meaning “plum”
梅
plum
- Meanings
- plum
- On'yomi
- バイ (bai)
- Kun'yomi
- うめ
- Strokes
- 10
- School grade
- 4
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1232 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 75
- Chinese reading
- méi — Chinese character page
Words with 梅
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 梅雨 | つゆ tsuyu | (East Asian) rainy season (in Japan, usu. from early June to mid-July) |
| 梅干し | うめぼし umeboshi | umeboshi; pickled dried ume; pickled dried plum |
| 梅酒 | うめしゅ umeshu | ume liqueur; Japanese plum brandy; unripe ume infused in liquor (esp. shōchū) with added sugar |
| 青梅 | あおうめ aoume | unripe plum |
| 梅雨入り | つゆいり tsuyuiri | entering the rainy season; beginning of the rainy season |
| 紅梅 | こうばい koubai | red-blossomed plum tree; red Japanese apricot |
| 梅林 | ばいりん bairin | ume grove; plum grove |
| 梅毒 | ばいどく baidoku | syphilis |
| 塩梅 | あんばい anbai | seasoning; flavour; flavor |
| 白梅 | しらうめ shiraume | white plum blossoms; white Japanese apricot; white-blossomed plum |
| 松竹梅 | しょうちくばい shouchikubai | pine, bamboo and plum (an auspicious grouping) |
| 梅園 | ばいえん baien | Japanese apricot orchard; plum orchard; plum garden |
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