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枚

枚 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 幹。
  2. 口にくわえさせる箸のような木。
  3. 平たいものを数えるときに添え用いる語。ひら。
  4. 馬の鞭。
  5. 金銀貨幣を数えるのに用いる語。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

伝統的には会意。『説文解字』によると｢木｣＋｢攴｣。木をく形。本義は｢木の幹｣とする。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

sheet of..., counter for flat thin objects or sheets

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • マイElem.
  • バイ
Nanori (used in names)
  • ひら
Other languages
  • 拼音mei2
  • 한글mae
  • Hán-ViệtMai

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
8 strokes
Radical
木(き)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 2
Unicode
U+679A

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰木攵

Words using this kanji

  • 枚数まいすう紙や板など薄い物や平面的な物など「枚」で数えるものの数。the number of flat things, win-loss difference which influences the ranking of wrestlers
  • 枚挙まいきょ一つ一つ数え上げること。enumeration
  • 枚まい（バイ）口木。 （マイ）紙や板等薄く平たい物に用いる助数詞。 （マイ）番付で席次を数える。counter for thin, flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper, plates, coins), counter for portions of gyōza or soba, counter for ranks
  • 枚組まいぐみcounter for collections or assemblies of flat objects (e.g. CDs, DVDs, etc.)
  • 枚をふくむばいをふくむto gag (a horse)
  • 枚挙にいとまがないまいきょにいとまがないtoo many to count, too numerous to mention

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-4-4
Four Corner
4894.0
Spahn–Hadamitzky
4a4.4
Heisig
354
Nelson
2202