梅
plum; plum flower; Japanese apricot (Prunus mume)
11 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,039 U+6885
How 梅 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
木 (semantic, “tree”) + 每 (phonetic, měi)
How to remember it
small plum · Heisig RSH #468
每 every + 木 tree
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 每
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 每 (měi) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 每 sound component | měi | each, every |
| 海 | hǎi | sea, ocean; maritime |
| 霉 | méi | mildew, mold, rot |
| 敏 | mǐn | fast, quick; clever, smart |
| 悔 | huǐ | to regret, to repent, to show remorse |
| 酶 | méi | enzyme; to ferment |
| 莓 | méi | moss; edible berries |
| 晦 | huì | dark, obscure, unclear; night |
| 诲 | huì | to teach, to instruct; to encourage, to urge |
| 脢 | méi | flesh |
Words containing 梅
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 阿尔梅里亚 | Ā ěr méi lǐ yà | Almería |
| 梅里斯区 | Méi lǐ sī qū | Meilisi Daur district of Qiqihar city 齊齊哈爾|齐齐哈尔[Qi2 qi2 ha1 er3], Heilongjiang |
| 梅河口市 | Méi hé kǒu Shì | Meihekou, a county-level city in Tonghua City 通化市[Tong1 hua4 Shi4], Jilin |
| 梅县区 | Méi xiàn Qū | Meixian, a district of Meizhou City 梅州市[Mei2 zhou1 Shi4], Guangdong |
| 卡内基梅隆大学 | Kǎ nèi jī Méi lóng Dà xué | Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh |
| 红梅花雀 | hóng méi huā què | (bird species of China) red avadavat (Amandava amandava) |
| 梅里斯 | Méi lǐ sī | see 梅里斯達斡爾族區|梅里斯达斡尔族区[Mei2 li3 si1 Da2 wo4 er3 zu2 Qu1] |
| 梅西叶星表 | Méi xī yè xīng biǎo | Messier catalog of nebulae and clusters (1784) |
| 黄梅县 | Huáng méi Xiàn | Huangmei, a county in Huanggang City 黃岡市|黄冈市[Huang2 gang1 Shi4], Hubei |
| 不来梅 | Bù lái méi | Bremen (city in Germany) |
| 梅江区 | Méi jiāng Qū | Meijiang, a district of Meizhou City 梅州市[Mei2 zhou1 Shi4], Guangdong |
| 梅里雪山 | Méi lǐ Xuě shān | Meili Snow Mountains, with peaks up to 6000 m., in Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 迪慶… |
| 梅州市 | Méi zhōu Shì | Meizhou, prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province 廣東省|广东省[Guang3 dong1 Sheng3] |
| 梅河口 | Méi hé kǒu | see 梅河口市[Mei2 he2 kou3 Shi4] |
| 乐华梅兰 | Lè huá Méi lán | Leroy Merlin (PRC DIY chain) |
| 梅里美 | Méi lǐ měi | Prosper Mérimée (1803-1870), French scholar and writer, author of novel Carmen on which Bi… |
| 不来梅港 | Bù lái méi gǎng | Bremerhaven, German port |
| 干梅子 | gān méi zi | prunes |
| 米高梅 | Mǐ gāo méi | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (American media company) |
| 梅纳德 | Méi nà dé | Maynard (name) |