Kanji
N1 10 strokes Grade 4 freq #1232

plum

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

tree ki

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

(East Asian) rainy season (in Japan, usu. from early June to mid-July)
seasonal rain front
ume grove; plum grove
red-blossomed plum tree; red Japanese apricot
Japanese apricot orchard; plum orchard
pine, bamboo and plum (an auspicious grouping)
plum blossoms; ume blossom
syphilis
seasoning; flavour

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum
end of the rainy season
unripe plum
entering the rainy season; beginning of the rainy season
umeboshi; pickled dried ume
ume liqueur; Japanese plum brandy
white plum blossoms; white Japanese apricot

Example sentences

Plum blossoms come out in March.

We visited Mito Park, which is famous for its plum blossoms.

The sky is gloomy and gray - a typical rainy-season sky.

The rainy season sets in about the end of June.