Kanji N2

枚: sheet of..., counter for flat thin objects or sheets

枚 is a JLPT N2 kanji meaning sheet of..., counter for flat thin objects or sheets, written with 8 strokes. It is read マイ, バイ (on), and has no common kun reading. Children in Japan learn it in grade 6. You will see it in 枚数 (まいすう, the number of flat things) and 枚 (まい, counter for thin, flat objects).

枚

Meanings

  • sheet of...
  • counter for flat thin objects or sheets
Strokes8
JLPT levelN2
School gradeGrade 6
Frequency#911 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • マイ
  • バイ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • None in common use

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 枚

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 枚数まいすう

    the number of flat things

    JLPT N2
  • 枚まい

    counter for thin, flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper, plates, coins)

    JLPT N1
  • 枚挙まいきょ

    enumeration

  • 一枚いちまい

    one (thin, flat object); one sheet

  • 二枚にまい

    two sheets (of paper or other flat objects)

  • 三枚さんまい

    three flat objects (sheets of paper, pieces of cloth, etc.)

  • 一枚岩いちまいいわ

    monolith; large slab of rock

  • 二枚目にまいめ

    handsome man

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