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Kanji for Plum blossom
The kanji for “plum blossom” is 梅, read bai and written in 10 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
plum blossom
The plum blossom, first flower of the year, blooming bravely in the cold.
At Dazaifu Tenmangu, the legendary sacred plum tree Tobiume is said to have flown across Japan to join its master.
10 strokes On reading バイ (bai) Kun reading うめ (ume) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: plum
Readings used for names on Nazuke: ume, bai
In Japan it appears in about 189 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
Names written with 梅: Baiq 梅空 · Vida 梅太 · Vita 梅太 · Byron 梅路 · Alvina 愛瑠梅奈 · Jovita 世梅太 · Tobias 登梅飛 · Violet 梅央玲登
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