Hanja Analyzer
梅

梅 — mae

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
매화 매
Romanization
mae
English
plums; prunes; surname
Mandarin
méi
Japanese on'yomi
バイ, メ
Japanese kun'yomi
うめ
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 4
Newspaper frequency
#1,232 of 2,500
Strokes
11
Variant forms
楳
Radical
木 (75, 7 residual)
Phonetic component
每
Unicode
U+6885

Parts that make up 梅

  • 木 나무 목, 나무에 서화를 새길 모 뿌리와 가지를 벌린 나무나무와 나무로 만든 것, 식물
  • 毎 매양 매 비녀 꽂은 어미每 와 같은 글자. ‘매·모’ 계열의 소리

How 梅 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 梅 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 木, 每.

Korean example words with 梅

  • 매향梅香 Korean gloss: 매화의 향기
  • 묵매墨梅 Korean gloss: 먹으로 그린 매화
  • 분매盆梅 Korean gloss: 화분에 심어 기르는 매화
  • 매실梅實 Korean gloss: 매실나무의 열매. 맛은 달면서도 새콤하다
  • 매조梅鳥 Korean gloss: 화투에서, 매화가 그려져 있는 화투장. 2월이나 두 끗을 나타낸다
  • 매우梅雨 Korean gloss: 매실이 익을 무렵에 내리는 비라는 뜻으로, 해마다 초여름인 유월 상순부터 칠월 상순에 걸쳐 계속되는 장마를 이르는 말
  • 매독梅毒 Korean gloss: 매독 스피로헤타라는 나선균(螺旋菌)에 의하여 감염되는 성병. 태아기에 감염되는 선천적인 경우와 성행위로 인하여 옮는 후천적인
  • 옥매화玉梅花 Korean gloss: 옥매의 꽃
  • 홍매화紅梅花 Korean gloss: 붉은 빛깔의 매화
  • 매실즙梅實汁 Korean gloss: 매실에서 짜낸 액체
  • 매실액梅實液 Korean gloss: 매실이 발효되면서 생긴 물
  • 매실주梅實酒 Korean gloss: 매실나무의 열매로 담근 술

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 梅

  • 梅うめ Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume
  • 梅雨つゆ (East Asian) rainy season (in Japan, usu. from early June to mid-July); rain during the rainy season
  • 梅雨明けつゆあけ end of the rainy season
  • 青梅あおうめ unripe plum
  • 梅雨前線ばいうぜんせん seasonal rain front
  • 梅雨入りつゆいり entering the rainy season; beginning of the rainy season
  • 梅干しうめぼし umeboshi; pickled dried ume; pickled dried plum
  • 梅酒うめしゅ ume liqueur; Japanese plum brandy; unripe ume infused in liquor (esp. shōchū) with added sugar
  • 梅林ばいりん ume grove; plum grove
  • 紅梅こうばい red-blossomed plum tree; red Japanese apricot
  • 白梅しらうめ white plum blossoms; white Japanese apricot; white-blossomed plum
  • 梅園ばいえん Japanese apricot orchard; plum orchard; plum garden

Characters sharing the phonetic 每

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “매”

Other hanja with radical 木

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