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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 楳 search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
楳 梅 see styles |
méi mei2 mei umezaki うめざき |
variant of 梅[mei2] (1) Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Chinese plum; (2) lowest (of a three-tier ranking system); (surname) Umezaki |
年楳 see styles |
nenbai ねんばい |
(surname) Nenbai |
楳下 see styles |
umeshita うめした |
(surname) Umeshita |
楳井 see styles |
umei / ume うめい |
(surname) Umei |
楳仙 see styles |
baisen ばいせん |
(personal name) Baisen |
楳元 see styles |
umemoto うめもと |
(surname) Umemoto |
楳内 see styles |
umenai うめない |
(surname) Umenai |
楳北 see styles |
umekita うめきた |
(surname) Umekita |
楳原 see styles |
umehara うめはら |
(surname) Umehara |
楳図 see styles |
umezu うめづ |
(surname) Umezu |
楳園 see styles |
umezono うめぞの |
(surname) Umezono |
楳地 see styles |
umechi うめち |
(surname) Umechi |
楳坂 see styles |
umesaka うめさか |
(surname) Umesaka |
楳垣 see styles |
umegaki うめがき |
(surname) Umegaki |
楳子 see styles |
umeko うめこ |
(female given name) Umeko |
楳寿 see styles |
umesu うめす |
(surname) Umesu |
楳山 see styles |
umeyama うめやま |
(surname) Umeyama |
楳崎 see styles |
umezaki うめざき |
(surname) Umezaki |
楳嶺 see styles |
bairei / baire ばいれい |
(given name) Bairei |
楳川 see styles |
umekawa うめかわ |
(surname) Umekawa |
楳座 see styles |
umeza うめざ |
(surname) Umeza |
楳木 see styles |
umeki うめき |
(surname) Umeki |
楳本 see styles |
umemoto うめもと |
(surname) Umemoto |
楳村 see styles |
umemura うめむら |
(surname) Umemura |
楳東 see styles |
baitou / baito ばいとう |
(personal name) Baitou |
楳林 see styles |
umebayashi うめばやし |
(surname) Umebayashi |
楳森 see styles |
umemori うめもり |
(surname) Umemori |
楳沢 see styles |
umezawa うめざわ |
(surname) Umezawa |
楳泉 see styles |
umezumi うめずみ |
(surname) Umezumi |
楳津 see styles |
umezu うめづ |
(personal name) Umezu |
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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