梅 Ume

Radical Combination

• 木

  Tree
• 𠂉

  Gun
• 毋

  Window

Meaning

Primary

Ume

Alternative

Japanese Plum

Mnemonic

The tree you aim your gun at from your window is an ume, aka a Japanese plum. Why? Because shooting the ume out of Japanese plum trees is, in your opinion, the best way to harvest plums.

Hints

Imagine picking fruit off an ume tree this way, shooting them off the branches with your gun. You take aim at an unsuspecting plum — BANG! The gunshot rings in your ears and the smell of gunpowder fills the air. The ume branch is now one plum lighter.

Readings

On’yomi

ばい

Kun’yomi

うめ

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

You've probably heard of ume before, depending on your exposure to Japan, but an ume (うめ) is a Japanese plum.

Hints

Imagine eating your harvest of ume. Taste the ripe fruity flesh of these Japanese plums as you stuff your gluttonous face.