• 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.

梅うめの花はなが 咲さきました。
The plum blossoms have bloomed.

梅干うめぼしは 酸すっぱいです。
Pickled plums are sour.

塩梅あんばいが ちょうどいいです。
The flavor is just right.