梅 méi
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 木 — tree
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
梅花
méihuā
plum blossom
Characters in this word
花 huā
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 艹 — grass, weed, plant, herb
- Made of
- 艹 grass, weed, plant, herb 化 to change, to convert, to reform
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 冬天一到，公园里的梅花就陆续开放。 Dōngtiān yí dào, gōngyuán lǐ de méihuā jiù lùxù kāifàng. Once winter arrives, the plum blossoms in the park open one after another.
- 雪地里的梅花红得像火一样。 Xuědì lǐ de méihuā hóng de xiàng huǒ yíyàng. The plum blossoms in the snow are as red as fire.
- 奶奶在窗前的花瓶里插了几枝梅花。 Nǎinai zài chuāng qián de huāpíng lǐ chā le jǐ zhī méihuā. Grandma put a few sprigs of plum blossom in the vase by the window.