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梅 can romanize as Ume, a Japanese surname.
This is also sometimes used as a female given name in both Chinese and Japanese. However, pronunciation is Mei in Chinese and Ume in Japanese.
The meaning is “Japanese apricot” (Prunus mume). It can also refer to a Chinese plum.
Note: This is not the only name or character that romanizes as Ume in Japanese. Make sure you have the right Kanji before you order.
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your Ume search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
梅林 see styles |
méi lín mei2 lin2 mei lin bairin ばいりん |
More info & calligraphy: Maylinume grove; plum grove; (place-name, surname) Bairin |
うめ see styles |
ume ウメ |
(female given name) Ume |
卯女 see styles |
ume うめ |
(female given name) Ume |
卯目 see styles |
ume うめ |
(surname) Ume |
右梅 see styles |
ume うめ |
(surname) Ume |
右馬 see styles |
ume うめ |
(surname) Ume |
宇女 see styles |
ume うめ |
(female given name) Ume |
宇目 see styles |
ume うめ |
(place-name, surname) Ume |
実梅 see styles |
miume みうめ |
Japanese apricot; ume |
新梅 see styles |
shinume しんうめ |
(surname) Shin'ume |
有米 see styles |
ume うめ |
(given name) Ume |
梅園 see styles |
baien; umezono ばいえん; うめぞの |
(See 梅・うめ・1) Japanese apricot orchard; plum orchard; plum garden; ume orchard; (given name) Baien |
梅干 see styles |
umeboshi うめぼし |
umeboshi; pickled ume; pickled plum |
梅酒 see styles |
umeshu うめしゅ |
(See 梅・うめ・1) ume liqueur; Japanese plum brandy; unripe ume infused in liquor (esp. shōchū) with added sugar |
楳井 see styles |
umei / ume うめい |
(surname) Umei |
羽愛 see styles |
ume うめ |
(female given name) Ume |
羽芽 see styles |
ume うめ |
(female given name) Ume |
落梅 see styles |
rakubai らくばい |
(See 梅・1) fallen ume blossoms; fallen ume fruit |
梅の実 see styles |
umenomi うめのみ |
Japanese apricot; ume |
梅干し see styles |
umeboshi うめぼし |
umeboshi; pickled ume; pickled plum |
梅良之 see styles |
umeyoshiyuki うめよしゆき |
(person) Ume Yoshiyuki (1945-) |
ウーメ川 see styles |
uumegawa / umegawa ウーメがわ |
(place-name) Ume (river) |
朝鮮ウメ see styles |
chousenume / chosenume ちょうせんウメ |
(place-name) Chōsen'ume |
梅謙二郎 see styles |
umekenjirou / umekenjiro うめけんじろう |
(person) Ume Kenjirō |
アビゲイル梅 see styles |
abigeiruume / abigerume アビゲイルうめ |
(female given name) Abigeiruume (Abigail-ume?) |
Variations: |
ume(p); mume(ok); ume うめ(P); むめ(ok); ウメ |
(1) Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; Chinese plum; (2) (See 竹・たけ・2,松・まつ・2) lowest (of a three-tier ranking system) |
Variations: |
umenomi(梅no実); miume(実梅) うめのみ(梅の実); みうめ(実梅) |
Japanese apricot; ume |
Variations: |
umezuke うめづけ |
(See 梅干し) umezuke; pickled fresh ume |
Variations: |
umeboshi うめぼし |
umeboshi; pickled dried ume; pickled dried plum |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Ume | 梅 楳 | ume | méi / mei2 / mei | |
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. |
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All of our calligraphy wall scrolls are handmade.
When the calligrapher finishes creating your artwork, it is taken to my art mounting workshop in Beijing where a wall scroll is made by hand from a combination of silk, rice paper, and wood.
After we create your wall scroll, it takes at least two weeks for air mail delivery from Beijing to you.
Allow a few weeks for delivery. Rush service speeds it up by a week or two for $10!
When you select your calligraphy, you'll be taken to another page where you can choose various custom options.
The wall scroll that Sandy is holding in this picture is a "large size"
single-character wall scroll.
We also offer custom wall scrolls in small, medium, and an even-larger jumbo size.
Professional calligraphers are getting to be hard to find these days.
Instead of drawing characters by hand, the new generation in China merely type roman letters into their computer keyboards and pick the character that they want from a list that pops up.
There is some fear that true Chinese calligraphy may become a lost art in the coming years. Many art institutes in China are now promoting calligraphy programs in hopes of keeping this unique form
of art alive.
Even with the teachings of a top-ranked calligrapher in China, my calligraphy will never be good enough to sell. I will leave that to the experts.
The same calligrapher who gave me those lessons also attracted a crowd of thousands and a TV crew as he created characters over 6-feet high. He happens to be ranked as one of the top 100 calligraphers in all of China. He is also one of very few that would actually attempt such a feat.
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