玫

méi
#2,298 most
frequent character
(fine jade), used in 玫瑰[mei2 gui1]

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

玫 joins 𤣩 jade with 攵, an empty part that was once 文 wén, the sound part. The jade gives the first sense, 'precious jade'. From that came 'fine jade' and then 'fine flower'.

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Homophones

HSK 1
没méi
(negative prefix for verbs)
HSK 6
枚méi
"classifier for coins, rings, badges, pearls, sporting medals, rockets, satellites etc"
煤méi
coal
梅méi
plum, plum flower
媒méi
medium, intermediary, matchmaker

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