梅

méi

plums; prunes; surname

How to write 梅, stroke by stroke

surname Mei; plum; plum flower; Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); variant of 梅; old variant of 梅

Pictophonetic: semantic 木 (tree), phonetic 每

Made of 木 + 每

梅花méi huāplum blossom; clubs ♣ (a suit in card games); (dialect) wintersweet
梅毒méi dúsyphilis
梅子méi ziplum
青梅竹马qīng méi zhú mǎlit. green plums and hobby-horse (idiom); fig. innocent children's games; childhood sweethearts; a couple who grew up as childhood friends
干梅子gān méi ziprunes
梅干菜méi gān càisalt-pickled sun-dried cabbage (or potherb mustard etc)
梅红méi hóngpinkish-red (color)
梅萨林méi sà línmuslin or mousseline silk fabric
梅花拳méi huā quánMeihua Quan - "Plum Blossom Fist" (Chinese Martial Art)
梅核气méi hé qì(TCM) plum-pit qi, a feeling of a lump in the throat (globus pharyngis) or of stagnant phlegm
梅花鹿méi huā lùsika deer
梅森素数méi sēn sù shùMersenne prime number (math.)

她喜欢吃杨梅。
tā xǐ huan chī yáng méi 。
She likes red bayberries.
在日本，梅雨季节从六月初持续到七月中旬。
zài rì běn ， méi yǔ jì jié cóng liù yuè chū chí xù dào qī yuè zhōng xún 。
In Japan, the rainy season lasts from the beginning of June to the middle of July.