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枚
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small objects

HSK 7 N2
Objects →Tools
méi
マイ、バイ
매
Depicts a hand tapping (攵) the trunk of a tree (木).
Components
木 tree+ 攵 tap =
枚 small objects
木 Iconic component
mù tree
攵 Iconic component
pū tap
rap, tap
攵 is a component form of 攴.
Notes
Similar Characters
乘 hitch a ride休 rest县 district (simp)呆 dim-witted喿 chirping of birds宋 song尌 standing尞 burnt offering巢 nest新 new本 book朱 vermillion杏 apricot析 analyze林 woods果 fruit枼 table某 such and such柰 crab-apple tree栗 chestnut (simp)
Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal Jin dynasty (266-420 AD)
Seal
Jin dynasty (266-420 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
枚
Regular
Modern
Chinese
枚 [Méi]
surname Mei
枚 [méi]
classifier for coins, rings, badges, pearls, sporting medals, rockets, satellites etc; tree trunk; whip; wooden peg, used as a gag for marching soldiers (old)
Japanese
枚 まい 同音

counter

  1. counter for thin, flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper, plates, coins)
  2. counter for portions of gyōza or soba
  3. sumo counter for ranks
  4. sumo counter for wrestlers of a particular rank
  5. counter for fields or rice paddies
  6. counter for palanquin bearers
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
このページのコピーを３枚とってください。
Please make three copies of this page.
Japanese Names
枚 まい
Mai female given namesurname
CHINESE WORDS (14)
不胜枚举 [bù​shèng​méi​jǔ] #53,762
too numerous to mention individually or one by one
不胜枚举 [bù​shèng​méi​jǔ] #53,762
too numerous to mention individually or one by one
袁枚 [Yuán​Méi] #45,034
Yuan Mei (1716-1798), famous Qing poet and critic, one of Three great poets of the Qianlong era 乾嘉三大家
枚举 [méi​jǔ] #57,534
to enumerate
枚举 [méi​jǔ] #57,534
to enumerate
不可枚举 [bù​kě​méi​jǔ] #72,156
innumerable (idiom)
不可枚举 [bù​kě​méi​jǔ] #72,156
innumerable (idiom)
枚乘 [Méi​Chéng]
Mei Cheng (-c. 140 BC), Han dynasty poet
枚卜 [méi​bǔ]
to choose officials by divination (archaic)
猜枚 [cāi​méi]
drinking game where one has to guess the number of small objects in the other player's closed hand
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JAPANESE WORDS (53)
⭐ 一枚 [いちまい] #1,818
one (thin, flat object)
⭐ 二枚 [にまい] #6,516
two sheets (of paper or other flat objects)
片 [かた] #10,863
one (of a pair)
⭐ 三枚 [さんまい] #11,439
three flat objects (sheets of paper, pieces of cloth, etc.)
一片 [いっぺん] #11,813
a piece
数枚 [すうまい] #12,872
several sheets (flat objects)
⭐ 枚数 [まいすう] #20,768
the number of flat things
⭐ 二枚目 [にまいめ] #24,015
handsome man
⭐ 一枚岩 [いちまいいわ] #27,852
monolith
三枚目 [さんまいめ] #37,456
comedian
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