梅 kanji stroke order 梅 japanese kanji writing 梅 kanji diagram-kanji lookup

1. pine, bamboo and plum (together an auspicious grouping)

2. high, middle and low (ranking); top, middle and bottom; upper, medium, lower; first, second and third (class)  (from 松 down to 梅)

1. Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Chinese plum

2. lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)

1. rainy season (in Japan from early June to mid-July)

2. rain during the rainy season