A name from a poem
寒梅
Pinyin hán méiusually a girl’s name
Plum blossom that opens in the cold — fragrance arriving first.
What’s wished for
Wang Wei only asked the traveler from home: “Has the winter plum by the window blossomed yet?” Strong and soft like plum in the cold — and still thinking of home.
Where it comes from
寒梅著花未
hán méi zhuó huā wèi
“Had the winter plum begun to flower?”
— Wang Wei, “Miscellaneous Poem (You Have Come from Home)” (杂诗)
About the two characters
- 寒
- cold, wintry
- 梅
- plum blossom
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