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U+679A, 枚
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-679A

[U+6799]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+679B]

Translingual[edit]

Stroke order

Han character[edit]

(Kangxi radical 75, +4, 8 strokes, cangjie input 木人大 (DOK), four-corner 48940, composition )

References[edit]

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 516, character 8
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14554
  • Dae Jaweon: page 904, character 3
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1171, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+679A

Chinese[edit]

simp. and trad.
alternative forms 𣏽

Glyph origin[edit]

Generally thought to be an ideogrammic compound (會意会意) : (tree; wood) + (hand holding a stick).

However, Zhengzhang (2003) considers it to be a phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *mɯːl) : semantic (wood) + phonetic (OC *mɯn), where was later corrupted to .

Etymology 1[edit]

From Austroasiatic; compare Old Khmer mek (branch; bough) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation[edit]



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (4)
Final () (42)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division () I
Fanqie
Baxter mwoj
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/muʌi/
Pan
Wuyun
/muoi/
Shao
Rongfen
/muɒi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/mwəj/
Li
Rong
/muᴀi/
Wang
Li
/muɒi/
Bernard
Karlgren
/muɑ̆i/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
méi
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
mui4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
méi
Middle
Chinese
‹ mwoj ›
Old
Chinese
/*mˁəj/
English stem, branch

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 13012
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*mɯːl/

Definitions[edit]

  1. (archaic) stalk of shrub; trunk of tree
  2. (historical) wooden peg (a gag for marching soldiers to prevent talking)
  3. (obsolete) small wooden rod; counting rod
  4. (dated) Classifier for generic countable objects.
    1. one by one; each
        ―  méi  ―  to enumerate
  5. Classifier for certain small, flat objects, such as coins, stamps, badges, pearls, sporting medals.all nouns using this classifier
  6. Classifier for rockets, satellites and certain weapons (especially bombs).
  7. (neologism) Classifier for people.[1]
  8. (neologism) Classifier for flat thin objects (especially followed by 入 mimicking Japanese usage to give an exotic flair or exaggerated quality perception of a product)[1]
    10  ―  10 méi  ―  10 pieces (inside)
  9. a surname: Mei

Compounds[edit]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Heidi Hui Shi, Zhuo Jing-Schmidt (2020) “Little cutie one piece: An innovative human classifier and its social indexicality in Chinese digital culture”, in Chinese Language and Discourse[1], →DOI

Etymology 2[edit]

From Lingao mɔʔ⁸ (classifier for objects) (Fu, 2008).

Pronunciation[edit]


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Definitions[edit]

  1. (Hainanese) Classifier for generic countable objects.
Synonyms[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Kanji in this term
ひら
Grade: 6
kun’yomi

pira > ɸira > hira. Cognate with (hira, flat).

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

(ひら) (hira

  1. an object that is thin and flat
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Kanji in this term
まい
Grade: 6
on’yomi

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Counter[edit]

(まい) (-mai

  1. counter for flat thin objects or sheets

See also[edit]

Japanese number-counter combinations for (まい) (mai)
1 2 3 4 5
(いち)(まい) (ichimai) ()(まい) (nimai) (さん)(まい) (sanmai) (よん)(まい) (yonmai)
()(まい) (yomai)
()(まい) (gomai)
6 7 8 9 10
(ろく)(まい) (rokumai) (なな)(まい) (nanamai)
(しち)(まい) (shichimai)
(はち)(まい) (hachimai) (きゅう)(まい) (kyūmai) (じゅう)(まい) (jūmai)
100 1,000 10,000 How many?
(ひゃく)(まい) (hyakumai) (せん)(まい) (senmai) (いち)(まん)(まい) (ichimanmai) (なん)(まい) (nanmai)

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

(eum (mae))

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Okinawan[edit]

Kanji[edit]

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Kanji in this term
めー
Grade: 6
on’yomi

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Counter[edit]

(めー) (-mē

  1. counter for flat thin objects or sheets

Tày[edit]

Noun[edit]

(mười)

  1. Nôm form of mười (ochna).

References[edit]

  • Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎[2] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội

Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

: Hán Nôm readings: mai

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