枚

音読おんよみ: マイ

訓読くんよみ: none *

画数かくすう: 8 strokes

部首ぶしゅ: 木(きへん)

Meaning

Counter for Flat Objects / Sheets / Plates / Tickets

  • 何枚なんまい — how many sheets
  • 枚数まいすう — number of sheets
  • 枚挙まいきょ — enumeration
  • 一枚目いちまいめ — first sheet/page
  • 数枚すうまい — several sheets

枚 combines 木 (tree) with 攴 (to strike), evoking thin wooden boards or planks. By extension, it became the default counter for flat, thin items like paper, plates, and tickets.

数
Creates
枚数まいすう — number of sheets
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