The kanji 梅: meaning, readings and stroke order
梅
- Meaning
- Japanese plum
- On reading
- バイ bai
- Kun reading
- うめ ume
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 木 tree
- Level
- Level 4 · grade 4
- Old form
- 梅
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- cây mơ, quả mơ (mai)
- Japanese
- うめ。うめの き。
- Korean
- 매화, 매실 (매)
- Chinese
- 梅花、梅子
Readings, words and example sentences
バイ bai · on reading · less common
梅雨
the rainy season (early summer)
六月は 梅雨の 季節です。
June is the rainy season.
うめ ume · kun reading
梅
Japanese plum (ume)
庭の 梅の 花が さきました。
The plum blossoms in the garden have opened.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.