TSUMUGU · TOCFL B2 (est.) · 字
枚
枚 ＝ 木 ＋ 攴
ㄇㄟˊ · méi
noun — a measure word for small flat or round things; a stalk, twig
字源 FORM — what the parts do
攴義a hand holding a stick, striking
A tree (木) and a hand with a stick (攴) — cut a branch and you hold a single stalk, a 枚. From the one-cut twig comes the counting word: 一枚硬幣, one coin.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
一隻手（攴）從樹（木）上折下一根枝條，正好一枚。
A hand (攴) snaps one twig from the tree (木) — exactly one 枚.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)枚— a stalk, a twig
→一枚、枚數— a measure word for small flat or round things常用
⇒枚舉— to enumerate one by one
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension