Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 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 tree you strike (=cut) coins, rings or trunks.

Radicals

木 tree
攴 rap, strike(Shows 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)
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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

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