梅 Ume

Radical Combination

• 木

  Tree
• 𠂉

  Gun
• 毋

  Window

Meaning

Primary

Ume

Alternative

Japanese Plum

Mnemonic

Aiming your gun out the window, you shoot at a tree filled with ume, Japanese plums. This is, in your opinion, the best way to harvest the plums – shooting at them out your window with a gun.

Hints

Imagine picking fruit off an ume tree in this way – shooting them off the branches with your gun. Picture yourself aiming at the fruits as you hear the gunshots ring in your ears and the smell of gunpowder fills the air.

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.