枚 means “sheet, flat-thing counter”

まい · mai

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

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

マイ, バイ

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The story

Wood (木) and a hand with a stick (攵): picture a log tapped apart into thin, flat boards. 枚 counts anything flat, from tickets to plates to T-shirts, and 二枚目, the second name on an old kabuki billboard, still means a handsome man.

Used in 一枚 (ichimai, one sheet), 枚数 (maisuu, number of sheets), and 二枚目 (nimaime, handsome man)

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• 般 general
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