Memory phrase for the character: 枚

枚

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Meaning

classifier for coins, rings, rockets, tree trunk

Pronunciation

méi

Explanation

 Left: tree 木, right: strike 攵/攴 (hand 又 with a stick 卜)

Mnemonic
 
From a wooden tree you strike (= cut) coins, rings or trunks.

Radicals

木 tree
攴 rap, strikeShows originally a hand 又 with a whip 卜. It is usually simplified to 攵. Other radicals with a hand are: 又寸廾爫手扌彐右及尹君聿隶兼殳




 Vocabulary

不胜枚举 bù shèng méi jǔ  too numerous to mention individually or one by one
马工枚速 Mǎ gōng Méi sù  Sima Xiangru is meticulous and Mei Gao is fast (idiom); to each his good points
钳马衔枚 qián mǎ xián méi  with horses and soldiers gagged (idiom); (of a marching army) in utter silence
钳马衔枚 qián mǎ xián méi  

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