梅
梅 — Plum
plum
On’yomiバイ (bai)
Kun’yomiうめ (ume)
Stroke order (10 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 梅
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 梅 | うめ ume | Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume |
| 梅雨 | つゆ tsuyu | (East Asian) rainy season (in Japan, usu. from early June to mid-July); rain during the rainy season |
| 梅雨明け | つゆあけ tsuyuake | end of the rainy season |
| 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 |
| 梅干し | うめぼし umeboshi | umeboshi; pickled dried ume; pickled dried plum |
Study notes
梅 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 10 strokes. It is taught in Japanese elementary school (grade 4), so native children learn it early — a good sign it appears everywhere. Ranked #1232 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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