• 梅干うめぼし — pickled plum
• 塩梅あんばい — seasoning / condition
• 入梅にゅうばい — start of the rainy season
• 梅雨つゆ — rainy season
• 梅酒うめしゅ — plum wine

梅 combines the tree radical 木 with the phonetic 每, denoting the plum tree—an early-spring symbol in Japan tied to strength and endurance.

It appears in seasonal terms, foods like 梅干, and poetic expressions.