Keyword
Japanese plum
Info
FrequencyTop 1700-1800
Type
Kyōiku (4th grade) 
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Shinjitai ?
KankenLevel 7
Heisig499
Old form梅
Readings
うめ
(43%)
むめ
(28%)
ばい
(19%)
つ
(8%)
Composed of
tree
every
Used in vocabulary (147 in total)
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
(East Asian) rainy season (in Japan, usu. from early June to mid-July); rain during the rainy season
umeboshi; pickled dried ume; pickled dried plum
Examples (34 in total)
This plum has a small pit and thick flesh.
We were on a tight budget, so we went with the plum (lowest-grade) course.
The scent of ume drifts in.