Radical Combination

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.

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.

Visually Similar Kanji

Found In Vocabulary