枚

枚 U+679A, 枚 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-679A ← 枙 [U+6799] CJK Unified Ideographs 枛 → [U+679B]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

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

References

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

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		枚

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (文) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
旻	*mrɯn
旼	*mrɯn
汶	*mrɯn, *mɯn, *mɯns
忞	*mrɯn
盿	*mrɯn
枚	*mɯːl
玫	*mɯːl
玟	*mɯːl
文	*mɯn
紋	*mɯn
蚊	*mɯn
雯	*mɯn
彣	*mɯn
馼	*mɯn
鳼	*mɯn
鼤	*mɯn, *mɯns
抆	*mɯnʔ, *mɯns
紊	*mɯns

Generally thought to be an ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 木 (“tree; wood”) + 攴 (“hand holding a stick”).

However, Zhengzhang (2003) considers it to be a phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *mɯːl) : semantic 木 (“wood”) + phonetic 文 (OC *mɯn), where 文 was later corrupted to 攴.

Etymology 1

From Austroasiatic; compare Old Khmer mek (“branch; bough”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 枚

1. (archaic) stalk of shrub; trunk of tree

   • 遵彼汝墳，伐其條枚。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     遵彼汝坟，伐其条枚。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Zūn bǐ Rǔ fén, fá qí tiáo méi. [Pinyin]

     Along those raised banks of the Ru,
     I cut down the branches and slender stems.

2. (historical) wooden peg (a gag for marching soldiers to prevent talking)

   • 又如赴敵之兵，銜枚疾走，不聞號令，但聞人馬之行聲。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     又如赴敌之兵，衔枚疾走，不闻号令，但闻人马之行声。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: c. 1059, Ouyang Xiu (歐陽修), Autumn (《秋聲賦》). English translation by Arthur Waley (1919).

     Yòu rú fùdí zhī bīng, xiánméi jízǒu, bùwén hàolìng, dànwén rénmǎ zhī xíng shēng. [Pinyin]

     Or again, like the sound of soldiers going to battle, who march swiftly with their gags between their teeth, when the captain's voice cannot be heard, but only the tramp of horses and men moving.

3. (obsolete) small wooden rod; counting rod

   • 南蒯枚筮之，遇坤䷁之比䷇。 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

     From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE

     Nán Kuǎi méi shì zhī, yù Kūn ䷁ zhī Bǐ ䷇. [Pinyin]

     Nan Kuai used small rods in the place of yarrow stalks to divine in a casual manner. He first encountered the sign of Kun which then gave rise to Bi.

4. (dated) Classifier for generic countable objects.
   1. one by one; each

      枚舉／枚举  ―  méijǔ  ―  to enumerate

5. Classifier for small, flat objects, such as coins, stamps, badges, pearls, sporting medals. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier
6. Classifier for rockets, satellites and certain weapons (especially bombs).
7. a surname

Etymology 2

From Lingao mɔʔ⁸ (classifier for objects) (Fu, 2008).

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Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 枚

1. (Hainanese) Classifier for generic countable objects.

   • Kopi牛奶飯珍雞閹　這枚就是海南經典 [Hainanese, trad.]
     Kopi牛奶饭珍鸡阉　这枚就是海南经典 [Hainanese, simp.]

     From: 麦英, 海南鸡饭

     Coffee with milk, rice balls and a capon, these are Hainan's classics.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 個 (“(classifier for people)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		個
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	個
	Taiwan	個
	Malaysia	個
	Singapore	個
	Olginsky (Mikhaylovka)	個
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	個
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	個
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	個
	Xi'an	個
	Xining	個
	Xuzhou	個
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	個
	Ürümqi	個
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	個
	Wuhan	個
	Guiyang	個
	Guilin	個
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	個
	Yangzhou	個
	Hefei	個
Cantonese	Guangzhou	個
	Hong Kong	個
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	個
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	個
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	個
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	隻
	Macau	個
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	個
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	個
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	個
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	個
	Foshan	個
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	個
	Foshan (Shunde)	個
	Foshan (Sanshui)	個
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	個
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	個
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	個
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	個
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	個
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	個
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	個
	Taishan	個
	Kaiping (Chikan)	個
	Enping (Niujiang)	個
	Heshan (Yayao)	個
	Dongguan	個
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	個
	Shenzhen (Dapeng)	隻
	Yangjiang	個
	Nanning	個, 隻
	Sanya (Yanglan Maihua)	個
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	個
	Singapore (Guangfu)	個
Gan	Nanchang	個, 隻
	Lichuan	個
	Pingxiang	個
Hakka	Meixian	隻
	Xingning	隻
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	隻
	Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua)	隻
	Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua)	隻
	Huiyang	隻
	Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua)	隻
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	隻
	Longmen (Pingling Bendihua)	隻
	Longmen (Luxi Bendihua)	隻
	Boluo (Bendihua)	隻
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	隻
	Zhongshan (Wuguishan)	隻
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	隻
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	隻
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	隻
	Wuhua (Changbu)	隻
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	隻
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	隻
	Zijin (Guzhu Bendihua)	隻
	Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua)	隻
	Heping (Linzhai Bendihua)	隻
	Lianping (Zhongxin Bendihua)	隻
	Lianping (Longjie Bendihua)	隻
	Wengyuan	隻, 個
	Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua)	隻, 個
	Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua)	個
	Liannan	個
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	隻
	Jiexi	個, 儕
	Luhe	隻
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	個
	Changting	個
	Wuping (Yanqian)	個
	Ninghua	個
	Yudu	個
	Ningdu	隻
	Tonggu (Sandu)	個
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	個
	Dayu	個
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	儕
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	儕
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	儕
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	儕
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	儕
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	儕
	Hong Kong	隻
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	隻
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	隻
	Xinyi (Sihe)	隻
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	隻
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	隻
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	隻
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	隻
	Lianjiang (Shijiao)	隻
	Lianjiang (Qingping)	隻
	Mengshan (Xihe)	隻
	Luchuan	隻
	Sabah (Longchuan)	隻
	Senai (Huiyang)	隻
	Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)	個
	Singkawang	隻
Huizhou	Jixi	個
Jin	Taiyuan	個
	Xinzhou	個
Northern Min	Jian'ou	隻
	Songxi	隻
	Zhenghe	隻
	Jianyang	隻
	Wuyishan	隻
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	隻, 個
	Fuzhou (Changle)	隻
	Lianjiang	隻
	Fuqing	隻
	Pingtan	隻
	Yongtai	隻
	Minqing	隻, 基
	Gutian	隻
	Fu'an	隻
	Ningde	隻
	Xiapu	隻
	Zherong	隻
	Shouning	個
	Zhouning	隻
	Fuding	個
Southern Min	Xiamen	個
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	個
	Quanzhou	個
	Jinjiang	個
	Nan'an	個
	Shishi	個
	Hui'an	個
	Anxi	個
	Yongchun	個
	Dehua	個
	Zhangzhou	個
	Zhangzhou (Longhai)	個
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	個
	Hua'an	股
	Nanjing	股
	Pinghe	個
	Zhangpu	個
	Yunxiao	個
	Zhao'an	股
	Dongshan	個
	Taipei	個
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	個
	Kaohsiung	個
	Yilan	個
	Changhua (Lukang)	個
	Taichung	個
	Taichung (Wuqi)	個
	Tainan	個
	Taitung	個
	Hsinchu	個
	Kinmen	個
	Penghu (Magong)	個
	Penang (Hokkien)	個
	Singapore (Hokkien)	個
	Manila (Hokkien)	個
	Longyan	個
	Zhangping	個
	Datian	個
	Chaozhou	個
	Shantou	個, 腳
	Shantou (Chenghai)	個
	Jieyang	個, 腳, 主
	Haifeng	個
	Bangkok (Teochew)	個
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	個
	Singapore (Teochew)	個
	Leizhou	個
	Wenchang	個, 枚
	Haikou	個, 枚
	Singapore (Hainanese)	個
Puxian Min	Putian	個
	Xianyou	個
Central Min	Yong'an	隻
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	個
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	個
Shehua	Fu'an	個
	Fuding	個
	Luoyuan	個
	Sanming	個
	Shunchang	個
	Hua'an	個
	Guixi (Zhangping)	個
	Cangnan	個
	Jingning (Hexi)	個
	Lishui	個
	Longyou	個
	Chaozhou	個
	Fengshun	個
Wu	Shanghai	個
	Shanghai (Chongming)	個
	Suzhou	個
	Danyang	個
	Ningbo	個
	Xiangshan	個
	Wenzhou	個
	Jinhua	個
Xiang	Changsha	個, 隻
	Loudi	個
	Shuangfeng	個

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Japanese

Kanji

枚

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: まい (mai, Jōyō)、め (me)
• Kan-on: ばい (bai)
• Kun: ひら (hira, 枚)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
枚
ひら Grade: 6
kun'yomi

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

Alternative forms

• 片

Noun

枚(ひら) • (hira) 

1. an object that is thin and flat

Derived terms

• 帷(かた)子(びら) (katabira)
• 湯(ゆ)帷(かた)子(びら) (yukatabira)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
枚
まい Grade: 6
on'yomi

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Counter

枚(まい) or 枚(counter) • (mai or counter) [[Category:Japanese
|まい]]

1. counter for flat thin objects or sheets

See also

Japanese number-counter combinations for 枚(まい) (mai)
1	2	3	4	5
一(いち)枚(まい) (ichimai)	二(に)枚(まい) (nimai)	三(さん)枚(まい) (sanmai)	四(よん)枚(まい) (yonmai) 四(よ)枚(まい) (yomai)	五(ご)枚(まい) (gomai)
6	7	8	9	10
六(ろく)枚(まい) (rokumai)	七(なな)枚(まい) (nanamai) 七(しち)枚(まい) (shichimai)	八(はち)枚(まい) (hachimai)	九(きゅう)枚(まい) (kyūmai)	十(じゅう)枚(まい) (jūmai)
100	1,000	10,000	How many?
百(ひゃく)枚(まい) (hyakumai)	千(せん)枚(まい) (senmai)	一(いち)万(まん)枚(まい) (ichimanmai)	何(なん)枚(まい) (nanmai)

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Korean

Hanja

枚 (eum 매 (mae))

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Okinawan

Kanji

枚

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

• On (unclassified): めー (mē)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
枚
めー Grade: 6
on'yomi

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Counter

1. counter for flat thin objects or sheets

References

• “メー” in Okinawa Center of Language Study, Shuri-Naha Dialect Dictionary (archived; reopens 2024).

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Tày

Noun

枚 (mười)

1. Nôm form of mười (“ochna”).

References

• Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎^[1] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội

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Vietnamese

Han character

枚: Hán Nôm readings: mai

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