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枚 (Kangxi radical 75,木+4, 8 strokes,cangjie input木人大 (DOK),four-corner4894₀,composition⿰木攵)

• 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

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 aphono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声,OC*mɯːl): semantic 木(“wood”) + phonetic 文(OC*mɯn), where文 was later corrupted to攴.

FromAustroasiatic; compareOld Khmermek(“branch; bough”) (Schuessler, 2007). Note also similarities toBurmeseမဲ(mai:,“vote, ballot, lot”).

枚

1. (archaic)stalk ofshrub;trunk oftree

   • 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: TheClassic of Poetry,c. 11^th – 7^th centuriesBCE, translated based onJames Legge's version

     Zūn bǐ Rǔ fén, fá qí tiáoméi.[Pinyin]

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

2. (historical)woodenpeg(agag formarchingsoldiers topreventtalking)

   • 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》). Englishtranslation byArthur 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 theirgags between their teeth, when the captain's voice cannot be heard, but only the tramp of horses and men moving.

3. (obsolete) small woodenrod;counting rod

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

     From:Commentary of Zuo,c. 4^th centuryBCE

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

     Nan Kuai usedsmall rods in the place of yarrow stalks to divine in a casual manner. He first encountered the sign ofKun which then gave rise toBi.

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

      枚舉／枚举  ― méijǔ  ―  to enumerate

5. Classifier for certainsmall,flatobjects, such ascoins,stamps,badges,pearls,sportingmedals. ⇒all nouns using this classifier
6. Classifier forrockets,satellites and certainweapons (especiallybombs).
7. (neologism)Classifier forpeople.^[1]
8. (neologism)Classifier for flat thin objects(especially followed by 入 mimicking Japanese usage to give an exotic flair or exaggerated quality perception of a product)^[1]

   10枚入  ― 10méi rù  ―  10 pieces (inside)

9. asurname,Mei

FromLingaomɔʔ⁸(classifier for objects) (Fu, 2008).

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枚

1. (Hainanese)Classifier for genericcountable objects.
   • (Can wedate this quote?),麦英, “海南鸡饭”, performed by麦英:

     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.]

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

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)

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

pira > ɸira > hira.

Cognate with平(hira,“flat”).

枚(ひら)• (hira) 

1. thin andflat object

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

FromMiddle Chinese枚 (MC mwoj).

枚(まい)• (-mai) 

1. counter forflat andthin objects, such assheets

枚 (eum매(mae))

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(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)

• On (unclassified):めー(mē)

(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)

枚(めー) (-mē) 

1. counter for flat thin objects or sheets

枚 (mười)

1. Nôm form ofmười(“ochna”).

• Dương Nhật Thanh; Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003), Hoàng Triều Ân, editor,Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎^[2] (in Tày and Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học xã hội [Social Sciences Publishing House]

枚:Hán Nôm readings:mai

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