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枚 — 8 strokes ／ Radical「木」

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5Elementary year 6 ／ 8 strokes ／ Radical「木」
On
マイまい · mai
Kun
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Meaning
counter for flat thin things; sheet

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

木 "wood" plus 攵 "to strike"; thin boards split from wood — hence the counter for flat things.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onマイまいmai枚数まいすう枚挙まいきょ大枚たいまい

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 一枚いちまい

    one sheet

  • 枚数まいすう

    number of sheets

More words with this kanji

  • 枚挙に遑がないまいきょにいとまがない

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

紙(かみ)を五(ご)枚(まい)もらった。

I received five sheets of paper.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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Compound

Map of radical 木Map of reading マイAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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