梅花

Chinese

plum flower
 
flower; blossom; to spend
flower; blossom; to spend; fancy pattern
trad. (梅花) 梅 花
simp. #(梅花) 梅 花

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 梅 花
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 明 (4) 曉 (32)
Final (韻) 灰 (42) 麻 (99)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division (等) I II
Fanqie 莫杯切 呼瓜切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/muʌi/ /hˠua/
Pan
Wuyun
/muoi/ /hʷᵚa/
Shao
Rongfen
/muɒi/ /xua/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/mwəj/ /hwaɨ/
Li
Rong
/muᴀi/ /xua/
Wang
Li
/muɒi/ /xwa/
Bernard
Karlgren
/muɑ̆i/ /xwa/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
méi huā
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
mui4 faa1

Noun

梅花

  1. plum blossom (Prunus mume)
    Synonym: 南柯 (nánkē)
  2. wintersweet
  3. (card games) club (♣)

Synonyms

Proper noun

梅花

  1. (~鎮) Meihua (a town in Changle district, Fuzhou, Fujian, China)

See also

Suits in Mandarin · 花色 (huāsè) (layout · text)
紅心/红心 (hóngxīn), 紅桃/红桃 (hóngtáo) 方塊/方块 (fāngkuài) 黑桃 (hēitáo) 梅花 (méihuā)
Suits in Cantonese · 花色 (faa1 sik1) (layout · text)
紅心/红心 (hung4 sam1) 階磚/阶砖 (gaai1 zyun1) 葵扇 (kwai4 sin3) 梅花 (mui4 faa1)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
梅 花
ばい
Grade: 4
か
Grade: 1
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
梅花 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From Chinese 梅花 (méihuā).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ば​いか [báꜜìkà] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA(key): [ba̠ika̠]

Noun

梅(ばい)花(か) • (baika) ←ばいくわ (baikwa)?

  1. a plum blossom
  2. abbreviation of 梅花の油 (“hair tonic with a plum blossom scent”)
  3. abbreviation of 梅花方 (“incense with an aroma similar to plum blossom”)
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