Kanji 毎 — "Every"
Here is what 毎 means, how it is read, what it is built from, and a story that makes "Every" stick.
How it is read
まい
the reading borrowed from Chinese — usually appears in compound words
ごと, -ごと.に
the native Japanese reading — usually appears when the kanji stands alone
How to remember it
Kanji are not random strokes. Learn the parts and the whole becomes easy. Put the parts together into one picture. The stranger it is, the harder it is to forget.
Mother holding a Gun — because Every mother will protect her child from danger!
- 𠂉 Gun
A variant form of 人 but its shape looks like a Gun, so it's called Gun.
- 母 Mother
The Mother is lying on her side nursing her baby. This shape is her two breasts.
Words that use 毎
9 of 9 words in the app that contain this kanji — the most common ones first.
- 毎日 まいにち every day
- 毎年 まいとし every year
- 毎度 まいど each time, common service-sector greeting
- 毎晩 まいばん every night
- 毎朝 まいあさ every morning
- 毎月 まいつき every month
- 毎週 まいしゅう every week
- ～毎 ～ごと every ~, each ~
- 毎～ まい～ every ~
Want 毎 to still be there next month?
Reading it once is not remembering it. The app brings each kanji back right before you would have forgotten it.
