Kanji N1

梅: plum

梅 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning plum, written with 10 strokes. It is read バイ (on) and うめ (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 4. You will see it in 梅 (うめ, Japanese apricot) and 梅雨 (つゆ, rainy season).

梅

Meanings

  • plum
Strokes10
JLPT levelN1
School gradeGrade 4
Frequency#1232 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • バイ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • うめ

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 梅

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 梅うめ

    Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum

    JLPT N3
  • 梅雨つゆ

    (East Asian) rainy season (in Japan, usu. from early June to mid-July)

    JLPT N3
  • 梅干うめぼし

    umeboshi; pickled dried ume; pickled dried plum

    JLPT N1
  • 青梅あおうめ

    unripe plum

  • 塩梅あんばい

    seasoning; flavour; flavor; taste

  • 梅雨明けつゆあけ

    end of the rainy season

  • 梅酒うめしゅ

    ume liqueur; Japanese plum brandy

  • 梅雨入りつゆいり

    entering the rainy season

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0; the Spanish meanings they lack, translated by Naraio from their English, are shared under the same licence. Example sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY. Sentences split into words with IPADIC © NAIST and IPA, through Lindera.