枚
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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
Glyph origin
More information Old Chinese ...
| 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 |
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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). Note also similarities to Burmese မဲ (mai:, “vote, ballot, lot”).
Pronunciation
More information Rime, Character ...
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 枚 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 明 (4) |
| Final (韻) | 灰 (42) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 莫杯切 |
| Baxter | mwoj |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/muʌi/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/muoi/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/muɒi/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/mwəj/ |
| Li Rong |
/muᴀi/ |
| Wang Li |
/muɒi/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren |
/muɑ̆i/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
méi |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex |
mui4 |
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More information Character, Reading # ...
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 枚 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
méi |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ mwoj › |
| Old Chinese |
/*mˁəj/ |
| English | stem, branch |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
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More information Zhengzhang system (2003), Character ...
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 枚 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 13012 |
| Phonetic component |
文 |
| Rime group |
微 |
| Rime subdivision |
1 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
枚 |
| Old Chinese |
/*mɯːl/ |
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- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): mui4
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mòi
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): mûi / bôe
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 6me
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: méi
- Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: méi
- Wade–Giles: mei2
- Yale: méi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mei
- Palladius: мэй (mɛj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /meɪ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: mui4
- Yale: mùih
- Cantonese Pinyin: mui4
- Guangdong Romanization: mui4
- Sinological IPA (key): /muːi̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mòi
- Hakka Romanization System: moiˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: moi2
- Sinological IPA: /moi̯¹¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Southern Min
- Wu
- Middle Chinese: mwoj
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*mˤəj/
- (Zhengzhang): /*mɯːl/
Definitions
枚
- (archaic) stalk of shrub; trunk of tree
- (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.]
- 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.
又如赴敌之兵，衔枚疾走，不闻号令，但闻人马之行声。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- (obsolete) small wooden rod; counting rod
- (dated) Classifier for generic countable objects.
- Classifier for certain small, flat objects, such as coins, stamps, badges, pearls, sporting medals. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier
- Classifier for rockets, satellites and certain weapons (especially bombs).
- (neologism) Classifier for people.[1]
- (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]
- a surname: Mei
Compounds
References
Etymology 2
From Lingao mɔʔ⁸ (classifier for objects) (Fu, 2008).
Pronunciation
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Definitions
枚
Synonyms
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Kanji
枚
Readings
Etymology 1
pira > ɸira > hira. Cognate with 平 (hira, “flat”).
Alternative forms
Noun
- an object that is thin and flat
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Middle Chinese 枚 (MC mwoj)
Counter
- counter for flat thin objects or sheets
See also
More information Japanese number-counter combinations for 枚(まい) (mai), 0枚 ...
| Japanese number-counter combinations for 枚 (mai) | ||||
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| 0枚 | 1枚 | 2枚 | 3枚 | 4枚 |
| ゼロ枚 (zeromai) 零枚 (reimai) |
一枚 (ichimai) | 二枚 (nimai) | 三枚 (sanmai) | 四枚 (yonmai) |
| 5枚 | 6枚 | 7枚 | 8枚 | 9枚 |
| 五枚 (gomai) | 六枚 (rokumai) | 七枚 (nanamai) 七枚 (shichimai) |
八枚 (hachimai) | 九枚 (kyūmai) |
| 10枚 | 11枚 | 12枚 | 20枚 | 21枚 |
| 十枚 (jūmai) | 十一枚 (jūichimai) | 十二枚 (jūnimai) | 二十枚 (nijūmai) | 二十一枚 (nijūichimai) |
| 100枚 | 1000枚 | 10000枚 | 100000000枚 | How many? |
| 百枚 (hyakumai) | 千枚 (senmai) | 一万枚 (ichimanmai) | 一億枚 (ichiokumai) | 何枚 (nanmai) |
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Kanji
枚
Readings
Etymology
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Counter
枚 (-mē)
- counter for flat thin objects or sheets
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