梅 méi plum
plum; surname
怎么记住“梅”: 木 tree + 每 every = plum. Grandma climbs the old tree in her garden every July to pick the ripest plum for her cake.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
梅 = 木 tree + 每 every
- 木 tree meaning
- 每 every sound
- 𠂉 clouds
- 母 mother
Grandma climbs the old tree in her garden every July to pick the ripest plum for her cake.
How it came to be
The small seal form puts a tree beside a sound part; the tree gives the meaning.
用法
- Plum/plum blossom: 梅花 (méihuā) plum blossom, prized for blooming in winter's cold.
- Symbol of resilience and integrity in Chinese culture; one of the 四君子 (four gentlemen) plants.
- 梅雨 (méiyǔ) = the plum-rain season (early-summer rains in the Yangtze region).
- Also a surname; 酸梅 (suānméi) = sour/dried plum.