枚
méi
classifier for small objects: coins, badges, rings, carved seals, chess pieces, eggs, fingerprints etc (more formal than 個|个[ge4])
surname Mei; classifier for bombs, missiles, satellites etc; (on product packaging) classifier for flat items (from Japanese 枚 "mai"); (old) stick used as a gag to prevent soldiers from talking while sneaking up on the enemy
wood (木) + phonetic (攵) = a countable wooden thing
木 gives the core sense of a wooden object or stick — fitting for a character that once named a stick used to silence soldiers. 攵 contributes mainly as a phonetic element, lending the méi sound rather than a distinct meaning.
这枚戒指是他送给她的礼物。
zhè méi jiè zhi shì tā sòng gěi tā de lǐ wù 。
This ring is a gift he gave to her.
运动员获得了一枚金牌，全家都很高兴。
yùn dòng yuán huò dé le yī méi jīn pái ， quán jiā dōu hěn gāo xìng 。
The athlete won a gold medal, and the whole family was very happy.
Words with 枚
钳马衔枚
qián mǎ xián méi
with horses and soldiers gagged (idiom)
马工枚速
mǎ gōng méi sù
to each his good points
不胜枚举
bù shèng méi jǔ
too numerous to mention individually or one by one
不可枚举
bù kě méi jǔ
innumerable (idiom)
枚乘
méi chéng
Mei Cheng (-c. 140 BC), Han dynasty poet
枚卜
méi bǔ
to choose officials by divination (archaic)
枚举
méi jǔ
to enumerate
猜枚
cāi méi
drinking game where one has to guess the number of small objects in the other player's closed hand
袁枚
yuán méi
Yuan Mei (1716–1797), Qing poet, essayist and gastronome, one of the Three Great Masters of the Qianlong-Jiaqing period 乾嘉三大家[Qian2 Jia1 San1 Da4 jia1]