枚
枚 — Sheet of...
sheet of..., counter for flat thin objects or sheets
On’yomiマイ (mai)
On’yomiバイ (bai)
Kun’yomi—
Stroke order (8 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 枚
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一枚 | いちまい ichimai | one (thin, flat object); one sheet |
| 二枚 | にまい nimai | two sheets (of paper or other flat objects) |
| 枚数 | まいすう maisuu | the number of flat things; win-loss difference which influences the ranking of wrestlers |
| 一枚岩 | いちまいいわ ichimaiiwa | monolith; large slab of rock; unity (of a group, organization, etc.) |
| 三枚 | さんまい sanmai | three flat objects (sheets of paper, pieces of cloth, etc.); cutting a fish into two boneless fillets and a piece with the skeleton |
| 二枚目 | にまいめ nimaime | handsome man; actor in a love scene |
Study notes
枚 is a JLPT N2 kanji written with 8 strokes. It is taught in Japanese elementary school (grade 6), so native children learn it early — a good sign it appears everywhere. Ranked #911 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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