梅 — plum
うめ
梅
plum
うめ
U+6885
Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard.
Freq #1232
Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common.
Heisig #499
Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.
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Meanings
- plum
Readings
- On'yomi
- ばい bai
- Kun'yomi
- うめ ume
word
うめ ume Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).
ばい bai On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).
Jukujikun Jukujikun Jukujikun (熟字訓) — special readings where the pronunciation applies to the whole compound word rather than individual kanji. The reading cannot be split per character.
Words by frequency and grade
8 wordsEach dot is a word containing 梅: further left is more common, higher up needs a later school grade (the grade of its hardest kanji). Click a dot to open the word.
S = secondary school · 4 words have no frequency rank; they sit in the Unranked column.