Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements

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

JLPT N28 strokesGrade 6Your ink: 白 Not met

木 carries the meaning · 攵 is drawn in

8 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

マイmai · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 一枚いちまいone (flat object)
  • 何枚なんまいhow many flat objects
  • 枚数まいすうnumber of flat objects
  • 枚まいcounter for thin, flat objects (e.g.…
  • 二枚にまいtwo sheets (of paper or other flat objects)
  • 三枚さんまい
  • 一枚岩いちまいいわmonolith; large slab of rock
  • 二枚目にまいめ

Also read バイ, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0 · JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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“Stand before a great, ancient tree and see 木! The vertical line is the sturdy trunk, the top strokes are branches reaching for the sunlight, and the bottom strokes are the roots gripping the earth.”
More in the 木 tree story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
木

Also built on tree (木)

All 124
攵

Also built on to strike (攵)

All 26

Also read マイ

5 kanji share this on'yomi

Also read バイ

12 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
枚 sheet of... · 攵
vs枢 hinge · 区
枚 has 攵 where 枢 has 区.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · méi

Same form: 枚 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
枚 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
枚 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin méi most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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