Jisho

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10 strokes
Radical:
tree
Parts:
Variants:
plum
Kun:
うめ
On:
バイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N1
1232 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 梅雨 【ツユ】 (East Asian) rainy season (in Japan, usu. from early June to mid-July), rain during the rainy season
  • 梅雨前線 【バイウゼンセン】 seasonal rain front
  • 松竹梅 【ショウチクバイ】 pine, bamboo and plum (an auspicious grouping), high, middle and low (ranking), top, middle and bottom, upper, medium, lower, first, second and third (class)
  • 紅梅 【コウバイ】 red-blossomed plum tree, red Japanese apricot

Kun reading compounds

  • 梅 【うめ】 Japanese apricot (Prunus mume), Japanese plum, ume, Chinese plum, lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
  • 梅干し 【うめぼし】 umeboshi, pickled dried ume, pickled dried plum
  • 青梅 【あおうめ】 unripe plum
  • 紅梅 【こうばい】 red-blossomed plum tree, red Japanese apricot

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
mei2
Korean:
mae

Spanish

  • ciruela
  • ciruelo

Portuguese

  • ameixa

French

  • prune
592 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
1689 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1009 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2258 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1162 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1436 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1374 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1734 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1856 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
969 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1096 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1159 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
626 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
833 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
470 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14795P Morohashi
925 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2666 New Nelson (John Haig)
460 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
499 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
555 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1847 2001 Kanji
4a6.27 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-6 SKIP code
4895.7 Four corner code
1-39-63 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6885 Unicode hex code

8 strokes
Radical:
right hand
Parts:
uncle, youth
On:
シュク
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1950 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 叔母 【オバ】 aunt
  • 叔父 【オジ】 uncle
  • 伯叔 【ハクシュク】 brothers, one's father's brothers

Readings

Japanese names:
よし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shu1, shu2
Korean:
sug

Spanish

  • tío
  • tía

Portuguese

  • tio
  • juventude

French

  • oncle
  • tante
  • frère ou soeur cadets des parents
1367 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1994 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
861 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1445 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1121 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
649 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1667 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1782 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1766 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
271 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1622 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
852 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1168 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
725 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
3154 Morohashi
1272 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
677 New Nelson (John Haig)
718 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
775 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1158 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1267 2001 Kanji
2h6.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-2 SKIP code
2794.0 Four corner code
1-29-39 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
53d4 Unicode hex code

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 鸞 【ラン】 luan (mythical Chinese bird)
  • 鸞鏡 【ランキョウ】 mirror with a mythical Chinese bird carved into the back, (in Japan) 9th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. A sharp)
  • 青鸞 【セイラン】 argus pheasant (Argusianus argus)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
luan2
Korean:
ran

Spanish

Portuguese

French

47508 Morohashi
7010 New Nelson (John Haig)
11b19.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-19-11 SKIP code
2232.7 Four corner code
1-83-34 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9e1e Unicode hex code