梅

See also: 楳 and 槑

Translingual

Han character

梅 (radical 75 木+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 木人田卜 (DOWY), four-corner 4895₇, composition ⿰木毎)

1. plum, apricot, prune
2. used as a surname

References

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

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		梅

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): méi (mei²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mui⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: méi
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˊ
    • Wade-Giles: mei²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mei
    • IPA ^(key): /meɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: mui⁴
    • Yale: mùih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mui⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /muːi̯²¹/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (梅, reconstructed)
Character (梅), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 明 (4) Final: 灰 Division: I			Openness: Closed Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 莫杯切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/muʌi/	/muɑ̆i/	/muᴀi/	/muoi/	/mwəj/	/muɒi/	/muɒi/

Old Chinese pronunciation (梅, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
梅								méi								‹ mwoj ›								/*C.mˤə/								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					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
梅					9302					母					之					0					枚					/*mɯː/

Compounds

• 梅花草
• 梅子

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Japanese

Kanji

梅

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: ばい (bai)
• Kun: うめ (ume)

Noun

梅 (hiragana うめ, romaji ume)

1. A Japanese plum or Japanese apricot, Prunus mume
2. The lowest of a 3 level rank system

Derived terms

• 梅酒 (うめさけ, ume sake): plum wine
• 梅花 (ばいか, baika): plum or apricot blossom flower
• 梅果 (ばいか, baika): plum or apricot (fruit)
• 梅沢

Alternative forms

• 楳

Coordinate terms

• 松 (まつ) (matsu, “pine, the highest rank”)
• 竹 (たけ) (take, “bamboo, the middle rank”)

Proper noun

梅 (hiragana うめ, romaji Ume)

1. A female given name.

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Korean

Hanja

梅 (mae) (hangeul 매, revised mae, McCune-Reischauer mae, Yale may)

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Vietnamese

Han character

梅 ( mai)

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Compounds

• ngày mai (tomorrow)
• mai sau (in the future)

Adjective

• mai hoa