梅méi
plum; prune; surname. 11 strokes, radical 木, first met in HSK 6.
Pinyin méiStrokes 11Radical 木Band HSK 6Words 1
How to write 梅
Strokes 1–4 write 木, then strokes 5–11 write 每.
Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 梅 · the stroke-order rules
What 梅 is made of
木 (mù, tree) and 每 (měi, each).
木 carries the meaning — tree — and 每 carries the sound.
Words that use 梅
| 梅花 | plum blossom 指梅树开的花 窗外细雨蒙着远山，路边梅花开得很盛。By the road the plum blossom was in full bloom. Lesson 618, 慢车学艺 · 天工开物与匠心独运 · Technological Innovation & Material Sciences |
Characters that share the sound part 每
Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.
More characters with the radical 木
All 67 of them, and what the radical means, on the 木 radical page.