梅

梅

See also: 楳 and 槑

梅 U+6885, 梅 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6885 ← 梄 [U+6884] CJK Unified Ideographs 梆 → [U+6886]

梅 U+FA44, 梅 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FA44 ← 暑 [U+FA43] CJK Compatibility Ideographs 海 → [U+FA45]

梅 U+2F8E2, 梅 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F8E2 ← 桒 [U+2F8E1] CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 𣑭 → [U+2F8E3]

Translingual

Japanese	梅
Simplified	梅
Traditional	梅

Alternative forms

In Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese scripts, the right side component is written 每 (contains 母 with 2 dots). In Japanese shinjitai, the component is simplified to 毎 (contains 毋 with a single middle stroke). Due to Han unification, both characters (梅/梅) are encoded under the same Unicode codepoint. A CJK compatibility ideograph (U+FA44) exists for the kyūjitai form of 梅.

Han character

梅 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+7 in Chinese, 木+6 in Japanese, 11 strokes in Chinese, 10 strokes in Japanese, cangjie input 木人田卜 (DOWY), four-corner 4895₇, composition ⿰木每(GHTKV) or ⿰木毎(J))

References

• KangXi: page 528, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14795
• Dae Jaweon: page 916, character 23
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1215, character 13
• Unihan data for U+6885
• Unihan data for U+FA44
• Unihan data for U+2F8E2

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		梅
alternative forms		坆 𣏁 𣐥 楳 𣒫 坆 𣏁 𣐥 楳 𣒫 栂 槑 𤯏

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (母) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
脢	*mɯːs, *mɯː, *mɯːs
挴	*mlɯːʔ, *mɯːʔ
海	*hmlɯːʔ
毐	*ʔmɯː, *ʔmɯːʔ
呣	*mɯ
拇	*mɯʔ
母	*mɯʔ
胟	*mɯʔ
姆	*mɯʔ, *mɯs, *maːʔ
畮	*mɯʔ
踇	*mɯʔ
苺	*mɯs, *mɯːʔ, *mɯːs
莓	*mɯs, *mɯː, *mɯːs
敏	*mrɯʔ, *mrɯŋʔ
鰵	*mrɯŋʔ
慜	*mrɯŋʔ
毋	*ma
梅	*mɯː
酶	*mɯː
鋂	*mɯː
每	*mɯːʔ
毎	*mɯːs
痗	*mɯːs, *hmɯːs
晦	*hmɯːs
誨	*hmɯːs
悔	*hmɯːʔ, *hmɯːs
霉	*mrɯl

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *mɯː) : semantic 木 (“tree”) + phonetic 每 (OC *mɯːʔ).

Etymology

Seemingly related to Old Japanese 梅 (ume₂) (Shibatani, 1990; Miyake, 1997; apud Schuessler, 2007) (which was possibly borrowed from Middle Chinese). Its origin is unknown (Schuessler, 2007); its referent, prunus mume, originated around the Yangtze River, now in south China yet originally outside the Chinese civilization's cradle in the Central Plain.[1]

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): méi (mei²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˊ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou, Jyutping): mui⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): moi³

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): mòi

  (Meixian, Guangdong): moi²

• Min Bei (KCR): mô
• Min Dong (BUC): muòi
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): m̂ / môe / moâi / mûi / bôe

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bhuê⁵

• Wu (Wiktionary): me (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: méi
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: méi
    • Wade–Giles: mei²
    • Yale: méi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mei
    • Palladius: мэй (mɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: mui⁴
    • Yale: mùih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mui⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: mui⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /muːi̯²¹/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: moi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ᵐbᵘɔi²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mòi
    • Hakka Romanization System: moiˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: moi²
    • Sinological IPA: /moi̯¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: moi²
    • Sinological IPA: /moɪ¹¹/
• Min Bei
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: mô
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mo³³/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: muòi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mui⁵³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Lukang, Sanxia, Kinmen, Magong, Hsinchu)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: m̂
    • Tâi-lô: m̂
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mm
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, Lukang, Kinmen): /m̩²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /m̩¹³/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Taichung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: môe
    • Tâi-lô: muê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: moee
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /muẽ²³/
  • (Hokkien: Tainan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: moâi
    • Tâi-lô: muâi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: moaai
    • IPA (Tainan): /muãi²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Hsinchu)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mûi
    • Tâi-lô: muî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: muii
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /muĩ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /muĩ²³/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Yilan, Taichung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bôe
    • Tâi-lô: buê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boee
    • IPA (Yilan): /bue²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bue¹³/

Note:

• Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou:
  • m̂ - vernacular;
  • mûi/bôe - literary.
• mainstream Taiwan:
  • môe/m̂ - vernacular;
  • mûi - literary.

• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bhuê⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: buê
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /bue⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: me (T3)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /me̞²³/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 梅
Mandarin	Beijing	/mei³⁵/
	Harbin	/mei²⁴/
	Tianjin	/mei⁴⁵/
	Jinan	/mei⁴²/
	Qingdao	/me⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/mei⁴²/
	Xi'an	/mei²⁴/
	Xining	/mɨ²⁴/
	Yinchuan	/mei⁵³/
	Lanzhou	/mei⁵³/
	Ürümqi	/mei⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/mei²¹³/
	Chengdu	/mei³¹/
	Guiyang	/mei²¹/
	Kunming	/mei³¹/
	Nanjing	/məi²⁴/
	Hefei	/me⁵⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/mei¹¹/
	Pingyao	/mæ¹³/
	Hohhot	/mei³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/me²³/
	Suzhou	/me̞¹³/
	Hangzhou	/mei²¹³/
	Wenzhou	/mai³¹/
Hui	Shexian	/mɛ⁴⁴/
	Tunxi	/mə⁴⁴/
Xiang	Changsha	/mei¹³/
	Xiangtan	/məi¹²/
Gan	Nanchang	/mi⁴⁵/
Hakka	Meixian	/moi¹¹/
	Taoyuan	/moi¹¹/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/mui²¹/
	Nanning	/mui²¹/
	Hong Kong	/mui²¹/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/mui³⁵/ /m³⁵/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/muoi⁵³/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/mo³³/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/bue⁵⁵/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/vue³¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /muʌi/

Rime
Character	梅
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	灰 (42)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	莫杯切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/muʌi/
Pan Wuyun	/muoi/
Shao Rongfen	/muɒi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mwəj/
Li Rong	/muᴀi/
Wang Li	/muɒi/
Bernard Karlgren	/muɑ̆i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	méi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	mui4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*C.mˤə/

  (Zhengzhang): /*mɯː/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	梅
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	méi
Middle Chinese	‹ mwoj ›
Old Chinese	/*C.mˁə/
English	plum tree
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	梅
Reading #	1/1
No.	9302
Phonetic component	母
Rime group	之
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	枚
Old Chinese	/*mɯː/

Definitions

梅

1. Prunus mume (Chinese plum or Japanese apricot)

   話梅／话梅  ―  huàméi  ―  li hing mui

   烏梅／乌梅  ―  wūméi  ―  smoked plum

2. (in compounds) A plant sharing similarities with Prunus mume in habit, flowers or fruits

   蠟梅／蜡梅  ―  làméi  ―  Chimonanthus praecox

   茶梅  ―  cháméi  ―  Camellia sasanqua

   楊梅／杨梅  ―  yángméi  ―  Myrica rubra

   西梅  ―  xīméi  ―  Prunus domestica

3. (obsolete) Alternative name for 楠 (nán, “Machilus nanmu”).
4. Short for 梅雨 (méiyǔ).
5. Short for 梅州 (Méizhōu).
6. a surname

   梅光達 [Cantonese, trad.]
   梅光达 [Cantonese, simp.]

   mui⁴ gwong¹ daat⁶ [Jyutping]

   Mei Quong Tart (merchant)

   梅艷芳 [Cantonese, trad.]
   梅艳芳 [Cantonese, simp.]

   mui⁴ jim⁶ fong¹ [Jyutping]

   Anita Mui (singer)

Descendants

• → Malay: boi

Sino-Xenic (梅):

• → Japanese: 梅(ばい) (bai)
• → Korean: 매(梅) (mae)
• → Vietnamese: mai (梅)

Others:

• →? Old Japanese: 梅 (ume₂)
  • Japanese: 梅(うめ) (ume), 梅(むめ) (mume)

Compounds

Derived terms from 梅

乾梅／干梅 二度梅 入梅 出梅 妻梅子鶴／妻梅子鹤 寒梅 恩梅開江／恩梅开江 摽有梅 摽梅 摽梅之年 望梅止渴 望梅消渴 杏梅 梅乾／梅干 梅仙 梅天 梅妃 梅妝／梅妆 梅妻鶴子／梅妻鹤子 梅子 梅子溝／梅子沟 梅家岩 梅家河 梅山 梅山鄉／梅山乡 梅嶺／梅岭 梅川 梅市 梅店 梅拉尼婭／梅拉尼娅

梅月 梅樹／梅树 梅毒 梅湯／梅汤 梅田 梅花 梅花三弄 梅花大鼓 梅花妝／梅花妆 梅花小娘 梅花嶺／梅花岭 梅花席 梅花樁／梅花桩 梅花鹿 梅菉 梅豆 梅酒 梅酢 梅鋪／梅铺 梅開二度／梅开二度 梅雨 梅風／梅风 梅香 梅鶴因緣／梅鹤因缘 楊梅／杨梅 榆葉梅／榆叶梅 檕梅 止渴思梅 江梅 洛梅

滷梅水／卤梅水 澆梅根／浇梅根 烏梅／乌梅 烏梅酒／乌梅酒 米高梅 紅梅記／红梅记 老梅 臘梅／腊梅 茶梅 落梅風／落梅风 蠟梅／蜡梅 話梅／话梅 說梅止渴／说梅止渴 踏雪尋梅／踏雪寻梅 酸梅 酸梅湯／酸梅汤 金梅草 金瓶梅 金鏤梅科／金镂梅科 陳皮梅／陈皮梅 青梅竹馬／青梅竹马 鹽梅／盐梅 黃梅／黄梅 黃梅天／黄梅天 黃梅季／黄梅季 黃梅戲／黄梅戏 黃梅時候／黄梅时候 黃梅調／黄梅调 黃梅雨／黄梅雨

References

• “梅”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

1. “Phylogenetic relationships in the stone fruit group of Prunus as revealed by restriction fragment analysis of chloroplast DNA”, in The Japanese Journal of Genetics, volume 66, issue 1, 1991, DOI:10.1266/jjg.66.59, PMID 1676591, page 60: “P. mume had its origin in South China around the Yangtze River (Kyotani, 1989b).”

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Japanese

Shinjitai	梅
Kyūjitai [1][2][3][4]	梅 梅 or 梅+︀?
	梅󠄀 梅+󠄀? (Adobe-Japan1)
	梅󠄃 梅+󠄃? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

梅

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 梅)

Readings

• Go-on: まい (mai)^{←まい (mai, historical)}; め (me)^{←め (me, historical)}
• Kan-on: ばい (bai, Jōyō)^{←ばい (bai, historical)}
• Kun: うめ (ume, 梅, Jōyō)
• Nanori: め (me)

Compounds

Compounds

• 金瓶梅(きんぺいばい) (Kinpeibai)
• 入梅(ついり) (tsuiri)
• 梅雨(つゆ) (tsuyu)
• 楊梅(やまもも) (yamamomo)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
梅
うめ Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Alternative spellings
梅 (kyūjitai) 楳

梅 (ume): Japanese plum trees and white plum blossoms of Hirohashi Bairin in Shimoichi, Nara

梅 (ume): a generic plum blossom crest

⟨me₂⟩ → */mːəɨ/ → *⟨mume₂⟩ → ⟨ume₂⟩ → */uməɨ/ → /ume/

From Old Japanese.[5][6][7]

Probably ultimately from Middle Chinese 梅 (MC muʌi),[6][7] with the borrowed me reading gaining a pronounced kind of initial m- sound, perhaps realized as *mme. The phonetic spelling was often rendered as むめ (*mme, mume) from the Heian period,[5][7] with *mme/mume and ume apparently existing in free variation. The reading eventually settled on うめ (ume). Compare the similar pattern of phonetic shift for 馬 (ma → *mma → muma → uma, “horse”), from Middle Chinese 馬 (MC mˠa^X).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) うめ [ùmé] (Heiban – [0])[6]
• IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ᵝme̞]

Noun

梅(うめ) • (ume) 

1. the Japanese plum or apricot, Prunus mume
2. a white plum blossom, as opposed to 紅梅 (kōbai, “red plum blossom”)

   Synonym: 白梅 (hakubai)

3. the lowest of a three-level rank system
4. a 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”) with varying designs of plum blossoms
5. Short for 梅襲 (ume-gasane): a style of layering garments with dark crimson on the front and light crimson on the back
6. (card games) the suit of plum blossoms in 花札 (hanafuda), representing the month of February
7. (historical, colloquial) Synonym of 天神 (tenjin): the second-highest ranked prostitute in Edo-period Kamigata, below the 大夫 (tayū)

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as ウメ.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:梅.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 梅(うめ)が枝(え) (ume ga e)
• 梅(うめ)返(がえ)し (umegaeshi)
• 梅(ウメ)笠(ガサ)草(ソウ) (umegasasō)
• 梅(うめ)襲(がさね) (ume-gasane)
• 梅(うめ)暦(ごよみ) (ume-goyomi)
• 梅(うめ)崎(ざき) (Umezaki)
• 梅(うめ)沢(ざわ) (Umezawa)
• 梅(うめ)酒(しゅ) (umeshu, “plum wine”)
• 梅(うめ)醬(しょう)油(ゆ) (ume shōyu)
• 梅(うめ)酢(ず) (umezu)
• 梅(うめ)助(すけ) (umesuke)
• 梅(うめ)染(ぞ)め (umezome)
• 梅(うめ)園(ぞの) (umezono)
• 梅(うめ)田(だ) (Umeda)
• 梅(うめ)津(づ) (Umezu)
• 梅(うめ)つ五(さ)月(つき) (ume tsu satsuki)
• 梅(うめ)辻(つじ) (Umetsuji)
• 梅(うめ)壺(つぼ) (umetsubo)
• 梅(うめ)根(ね) (Umene)
• 梅(うめ)鉢(ばち) (umebachi)
• 梅(うめ)春(はる) (umeharu)
• 梅(うめ)醬(びしお) (umebishio)
• 梅(うめ)干(ぼ)し (umeboshi)
• 梅(うめ)見(み) (umemi)
• 梅(うめ)結(むす)び (umemusubi)
• 梅(うめ)擬(もどき) (umemodoki)
• 梅(うめ)谷(や)渋(しぶ) (umeyashibu)
• 梅(うめ)羊(よう)羹(かん) (ume yōkan)
• 梅(うめ)割(わ)り (umewari)
• 青(あお)梅(うめ) (aoume)
• 杏(アン)子(ズ)梅(ウメ) (anzu ume)
• 庵(いおり)の梅(うめ) (Iori no Ume)
• 岩(イワ)梅(ウメ) (iwaume)
• 裏(うら)梅(うめ) (uraume)
• 箙(えびら)の梅(うめ) (Ebira no Ume)
• 青(お)梅(うめ) (Oume)
• 唐(から)梅(うめ) (karaume)
• 甲(こう)州(しゅう)梅(うめ) (kōshū ume)
• 小(こ)梅(うめ) (koume)
• 氷(こおり)梅(うめ) (kōriume)
• 零(こぼ)れ梅(うめ) (koboreume)
• 枝(し)垂(だ)れ梅(うめ) (shidareume)
• 白(しら)梅(うめ) (shiraume)
• 袖(そで)の梅(うめ) (Sode-no-ume)
• 漬(つけ)梅(うめ), 漬(つ)け梅(うめ) (tsukeume)
• 天(テンノ)梅(ウメ) (ten no ume)
• 飛(と)び梅(うめ) (tobiume)
• 冬(とう)至(じ)梅(うめ) (tōji ume)
• 夏(なつ)梅(うめ) (natsuume)
• 煮(に)梅(うめ) (niume)
• 捩(ね)じ梅(うめ) (nejiume)
• 熨(のし)梅(うめ) (noshiume)
• 一(ひと)重(え)梅(うめ) (hitoe ume)
• 燻(ふす)べ梅(うめ) (fusubeume)
• 豊(ぶん)後(ご)梅(うめ) (Bungo ume)
• 干(ほ)し梅(うめ) (hoshiume)
• 実(み)梅(うめ) (miume)
• 梅桃(ユスラウメ) (yusuraume)

Proverbs

• 桜(さくら)切(き)る馬(ば)鹿(か)梅(うめ)切(き)らぬ馬(ば)鹿(か) (sakura kiru baka ume kiranu baka)

Coordinate terms

• 松(しょう)竹(ちく)梅(ばい) (shōchikubai, three-level ranking system): 松(まつ) (matsu, “pine”, the top rank), 竹(たけ) (take, “bamboo”, the middle rank), 梅(うめ) (ume, “plum”, the lowest rank)

Descendants

• English: ume

See also

• 李(スモモ), 酸(ス)桃(モモ) (sumomo)

Proper noun

梅(うめ) • (Ume) 

1. a female given name
2. a surname

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
梅
むめ Grade: 4
irregular

Alternative spelling
梅 (kyūjitai)

⟨me₂⟩ → */mːəɨ/ → *⟨mume₂⟩ → /mume/

Possibly from Old Japanese [Term?].

This reading becomes common during the Heian period,[5][7] later falling into disuse.

Superseded by the ume reading above.

Noun

梅(むめ) • (mume) 

1. (archaic, obsolete) the Japanese plum or apricot, Prunus mume

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:梅.

Derived terms

• 唐(から)梅(むめ) (karamume)

Descendants

• → Translingual: mume

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
梅
ばい Grade: 4
kan’on

Alternative spelling
梅 (kyūjitai)

From a later borrowing of Middle Chinese 梅 (MC muʌi).

Noun

梅(ばい) • (bai) 

1. (usually in Chinese contexts) the Japanese plum or apricot, Prunus mume
2. (historical, colloquial) Synonym of 天神 (tenjin): the second-highest ranked prostitute in Edo-period Kamigata, below the 大夫 (tayū)

Affix

梅(ばい) • (bai) 

1. plum
2. Short for 梅雨 (baiu): East Asian rainy season
3. Short for 梅毒 (baidoku): syphilis

Derived terms

Compounds

• 梅(ばい)雨(う) (baiu)
• 梅(ばい)園(えん) (baien)
• 梅(ばい)花(か) (baika)
• 梅(ばい)果(か) (baika)
• 梅(バイ)蕙(ケイ)草(ソウ) (baikeisō)
• 梅(ばい)子(し) (baishi)
• 梅(ばい)天(てん) (baiten)
• 梅(ばい)毒(どく) (baidoku)
• 梅(ばい)肉(にく) (bainiku)
• 梅(ばい)林(りん) (bairin)
• 梅(ばい)霖(りん) (bairin)
• 梅(メイ)瓶(ピン) (meipin)
• 塩(あん)梅(ばい) (anbai)
• 烏(う)梅(ばい) (ubai)
• 塩(えん)梅(ばい) (enbai)
• 鶯(おう)宿(しゅく)梅(ばい) (ōshukubai)
• 黄(オウ)梅(バイ) (ōbai)
• 臥(が)竜(りょう)梅(ばい) (garyōbai)
• 寒(かん)梅(ばい) (kanbai)
• 観(かん)梅(ばい) (kanbai, “plum blossom viewing”)
• 甘(かん)露(ろ)梅(ばい) (kanrobai)
• 金(キン)糸(シ)梅(バイ) (kinshibai)
• 金(きん)梅(ばい) (kinbai)
• 金(キン)露(ロウ)梅(バイ) (kinrōbai)
• 駆(く)梅(ばい) (kubai)
• 検(けん)梅(ばい) (kenbai)
• 紅(こう)梅(ばい) (kōbai)
• 黄(こう)梅(ばい) (kōbai)
• 車(しゃ)輪(りん)梅(ばい) (sharinbai)
• 松(しょう)竹(ちく)梅(ばい) (shōchikubai)
• 早(そう)梅(ばい) (sōbai)
• 探(たん)梅(ばい) (tanbai)
• 茶(ちゃ)梅(ばい) (chabai, Chinese name for camellia)
• 入(にゅう)梅(ばい) (nyūbai)
• 白(はく)梅(ばい) (hakubai)
• 盆(ぼん)梅(ばい) (bonbai, “plum bonsai”)
• 野(や)梅(ばい) (yabai)
• 楊(よう)梅(ばい) (yōbai)
• 落(らく)梅(ばい) (rakubai)
• 利(リ)休(キュウ)梅(バイ) (Rikyū-bai)
• 老(ろう)梅(ばい) (rōbai)
• 﨟(ろう)梅(ばい), 蠟(ろう)梅(ばい), 臘(ろう)梅(ばい) (rōbai)

Proper noun

梅(ばい) • (Bai) 

1. a surname

References

1. “梅”, in 漢字ぺディア (Kanjipedia)‎ (in Japanese), 日本漢字能力検定協会, 2015—2023
2. 白川静 (Shirakawa Shizuka) (2014), “梅”, in 字通 普及版 (Jitsū fukyūban, “Jitsū trade edition”)‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Heibonsha, →ISBN
3. 1914, 漢和大辭書 (Kanwa Dai Jisho, “The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary”) (in Japanese), page 1133 (paper), page 617 (digital), Tōkyō: 興文社 (Kōbunsha)
4. 1927, 新漢和辭典 (Shin Kanwa Jiten, “The New Kanji-Japanese Dictionary”) (in Japanese), page 685 (paper), page 355 (digital), Ōsaka: 松雲堂 (Shōundō)
5. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
6. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
7. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

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Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 梅 (MC muʌi). Recorded as Middle Korean ᄆᆡ (moy) (Yale: moy) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

Wikisource梅 (eumhun 매화나무 매 (maehwanamu mae))

1. Hanja form^? of 매 (“Prunus mume, a fruit tree”).
2. Hanja form^? of 매 (“plum blossom, a blossom of this tree”).
3. Hanja form^? of 매 (“a Korean surname”).

Compounds

Compounds

• 매화 (梅花, maehwa)
• 매실 (梅實, maesil)
• 매우 (梅雨, mae'u)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

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Old Japanese

Etymology

Possibly a shift from Middle Chinese 梅 (MC muʌi).[1][2]

Noun

梅 (ume₂) (kana うめ)

1. the Japanese plum or apricot, Prunus mume

Usage notes

Also used phonetically as 借音 (shakuon) for ⟨me₂⟩.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:梅.

Descendants

• Japanese: 梅(うめ) (ume), 梅(むめ) (mume)

References

1. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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Vietnamese

Han character

梅: Hán Nôm readings: mai

1. rattan

Compounds

• 梅花 (mai hoa, “red avadavat; red munia; strawberry finch”)