毎

See also: 每

毎 U+6BCE, 毎 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6BCE ← 母 [U+6BCD] CJK Unified Ideographs 每 → [U+6BCF]

Translingual

Stroke order

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

• 海 (Japanese shinjitai form)

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

• 毎朝(まいあさ) (maiasa): every morning
• 毎回(まいかい) (maikai): every turn
• 毎週(まいしゅう) (maishū): every week
• 毎旦(まいたん) (maitan): every morning (archaic)
• 毎月(まいつき) (maitsuki): every month
• 毎日(まいにち) (mainichi): everyday
• 毎年(まいねん) (mainen): every year
• 毎晩(まいばん) (maiban): every evening

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
毎
まい Grade: 2
goon

Alternative spelling
每 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ma̠i]

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】 [suffix] (of time) every

(This term, 毎, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)