毎

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See also: 每
毎 U+6BCE, 毎
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6BCE
← 母
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 每 →

Translingual

Stroke order
0 strokes
Japanese 毎
Simplified 每
Traditional 每

Glyph origin

Simplified from 每 (母 → 毋), replacing the two dots with one stroke.

Han character

毎 (Kangxi radical 80, 毋+2, 6 strokes, cangjie input 人田十 (OWJ), composition ⿱𠂉毋)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 589, character 1
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 16724
  • Dae Jaweon: page 981, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 4, page 2381, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+6BCE

Japanese

Shinjitai

毎

Kyūjitai

每

Kanji

毎

(Second grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 每)

  1. every

Readings

  • Go-on: まい (mai, Jōyō)
  • Kan-on: ばい (bai)
  • Kun: ごと (goto, 毎)、つね (tsune, 毎)、むさぼる (musaboru, 毎る)

Compounds

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
毎
まい
Grade: 2
goon
Alternative spelling
每 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Prefix

毎(まい) • (mai-) 

  1. each, every, per
    毎(まい)金曜日(きんようび)
    mai-kin'yōbi
    every Friday
    1 V/m（１(いち)ボルト毎(まい)メートル）
    1 V/m(ichi boruto mai-mētoru)
    1 V/m (one volt per meter)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
毎
ごと
Grade: 2
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
每 (kyūjitai)
For pronunciation and definitions of 毎 – see the following entry.
【ごと】
(of time) every
(This term, 毎, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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