梅 — 10 strokes ／ Radical「木」
道7Elementary year 4 ／ 10 strokes ／ Radical「木」
- On
- バイばい · bai
- Kun
- うめume
- Meaning
- plum, Japanese apricot (ume)
Stroke order
Origin
A phono-semantic character with 木 (tree) and 毎 as the sound, meaning the plum (ume) tree.
Readings and examples
| Onバイばいbai | 梅園ばいえん梅雨つゆ紅梅こうばい |
|---|---|
| Kunうめume | 梅うめ梅見うめみ梅酒うめしゅ |
Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 梅雨つゆ
rainy season
- 梅林ばいりん
plum grove
Example
六月は梅雨の季節だ。
June is the rainy season.
Nearby characters
The line style shows how they connect
CompoundRadicalReading
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)