Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 4

JLPT level: N1

1232 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 10

Meaning: plum

Kunyomi: うめ

Onyomi: バイ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: きへん

Meaning: tree

Strokes: 4

Examples

Examples with audio

林(ばいりん)   Japanese apricot/plum grove

毒(ばいどく)   syphilis

雨前線(ばいうぜんせん)   seasonal rain front

(こうばい)   red-blossomed plum tree

(はくばい)   white-blossomed plum tree

(あんばい)   seasoning, condition, state

(うめ)   Japanese apricot/plum

干し(うめぼし)   dried Japanese apricot/plum

酒(うめしゅ)   Japanese apricot/plum wine

*雨(つゆ)   rainy season

Onyomi Examples

ツユ rainy season (in Japan usu. from early June to mid-July), rain during the rainy season

雨前線 バイウゼンセン seasonal rain front

松竹 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)

コウバイ red-blossomed plum tree, red Japanese apricot

Kunyomi Examples

うめ Japanese apricot (Prunus mume), Japanese plum, ume, Chinese plum, lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)

干し うめぼし umeboshi, pickled dried ume, pickled dried plum

あおうめ unripe plum

こうばい red-blossomed plum tree, red Japanese apricot