漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
毎: every
- 𠂉(form)
- 毋not(meaning)
毋 carries the meaning · 𠂉 is drawn in
Two readings, and the words that use each
マイmai · on'yomi · in compounds
- 毎朝まいあさevery morning
- 毎日まいにちevery day
- 毎回まいかいevery time
- 毎度まいどeach time
- 毎週まいしゅうevery week
-ごとに-gotoni · kun'yomi · on its own
- 三日毎にみっかごとにevery 3 days
Also read ごと, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Ideogrammic compound (會意)屮 (meaning) + 母 woman (sound)
Possibly an ideogrammic compound (會意) and phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 屮 + phonetic 母 (“woman”). The top component resembling 屮 may represent a bamboo hairpin (笄) to indicate that the woman was at least 15 years old.
Source: Wiktionary, 每 (rev. 92917036), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Person (人) + mother/not (母 variant). Originally related to a plant growing or a mother "regularly" tending to things, leading to the meaning of frequency or "every."”
Connections
毎 gives its sound to
The family reading is カイ (kai). Sound parts: KanjiVG.
Also read マイ
5 kanji share this on'yomiEasy to confuse
The difference, side by sideIn ChineseA Japanese form · Chinese writes 每 · měi
毎 is a Japanese simplification. Chinese writes 每 in both simplified and traditional script.
- Simplified
- 每 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 每 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin měi most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.