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梅
méi
1. plum
2. plum flower
3. Japanese apricot (Prunus mume)
Very Common • Top 1% ✏️ 11 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

梅
méi
plum; prune; surname
11 丶

Compound Words (20)

蜡梅
làméi
variant of [[臘梅|腊梅<làméi>]]
梅森
Méisēn
Martin Mersenne (1588-1648, French mathematician)
梅花
méihuā
plum blossom
梅毒
méidú
syphilis
梅氏
Méishì
Charles Messier (1730-1817), French astronomer who catalogued nebulas and galaxies
梅县
Méixiàn
Meixian county in Meizhou [[梅州]], Guangdong
梅江
Méijiāng
Meijiang district of Meizhou city [[梅州市]], Guangdong
腊梅
làméi
wintersweet
杨梅
yángméi
red bayberry
梅红
méihóng
pinkish-red (color)
梅洛
Méiluò
Melo (city in Uruguay)
梅派
Méipài
the Mei Lanfang School
梅瑟
Méisè
Moses (Catholic translation)
梅列
Méiliè
Meilie district of Sanming city [[三明市<Sānmíngshì>]], Fujian
话梅
huàméi
plum candy
杨梅
Yángméi
Yangmei town in Taoyuan county [[桃園縣|桃园县<Táoyuánxiàn>]], north Taiwan
梅子
méizi
plum
梅山
Méishān
Meishan township in Chiayi county [[嘉義縣|嘉义县<Jiāyìxiàn>]], west Taiwan
酸梅
suānméi
pickled plum
梅州
Méizhōu
Meizhou prefecture level city in Guangdong

Alternate Entries

梅
Méi
surname Mei
梅
méi
variant of [[梅<méi>]]
梅
méi
old variant of [[梅<méi>]]

Metadata

Category
Chinese
Character Frequency Rank
1,158
Word Frequency Rank
905 of 84,292