枚

Translingual

Han character

枚 (radical 75 木+4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 木人大 (DOK), four-corner 4894₀, composition ⿰木攵)

1. stalk of shrub, trunk of tree

References

• KangXi: page 516, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14554
• Dae Jaweon: page 904, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1171, character 1
• Unihan data for U+679A

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Cantonese

Hanzi

枚 (Yale mui4)

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Japanese

Etymology 1

pira > ɸira > hira. Cognate with hira (“flat”).

Alternative forms

• 片

Noun

枚 (hiragana ひら, romaji hira)

1. an object that is thin and flat

Derived terms

• 帷子 (katabira)
• 湯帷子 (yukatabira)

Etymology 2

Counter

枚 (hiragana まい, romaji -mai)

1. counter for flat thin objects or sheets

Kanji

枚

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: まい (mai), ばい (bai)
• Kun: ひら (hira)

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Korean

Hanja

枚 (hangeul 매 (mae), revised mae, McCune-Reischauer mae, Yale may)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

枚 (Pinyin méi (mei2), Wade-Giles mei²)