枚 - Dong Chinese dictionary

méi

tree trunk

Depicts a hand tapping (攵) the trunk of a tree (木).

Components

木 Iconic component

mù

tree

攵 Iconic component

pū

tap

攵 is a component form of 攴.

Evolution

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

枚

méi

stalk of shrub, trunk of tree; classifier for coins, rings, badges, pearls, sporting medals, rockets, satellites etc; tree trunk; whip; wooden peg, used as a gag for marching soldiers (old)

枚

Méi

surname Mei

Most common words with 枚

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	枚	whip
	不胜枚举	too numerous to mention individually or one by one
	袁枚	Yuan Mei (1716-1798), famous Qing poet and critic, one of Three great poets of the Qianlong era 乾嘉三大家
	枚举	to enumerate
	不可枚举	innumerable (idiom)