Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 6

JLPT level: N2

911 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 8

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

Kunyomi:

Onyomi: マイ バイ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: きへん

Meaning: tree

Strokes: 4

Examples

Examples with audio

(いちまい)   one (flat object)

(なんまい)   how many flat objects

数(まいすう)   number of flat objects

Onyomi Examples

マイ counter for thin, flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper, plates, coins), counter for portions of gyōza or soba, counter for ranks, counter for wrestlers of a particular rank, counter for fields or rice paddies, counter for palanquin bearers

マイスウ the number of flat things, win-loss difference which influences the ranking of wrestlers

パンツ一 パンツイチマイ (wearing) nothing but a pair of underpants

奇跡の一 キセキノイチマイ photo in which its subject looks much more attractive than their usual self

を銜む バイヲフクム (of a horse) to be gagged