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毎

Every
Stroke count: 6

Readings

On readingマイ
Kun readingごと
JLPT level: N5JōyōGrade 2Level 5

Meanings

  1. everyRtK
  1. every (usu. with events, e.g. every weekend)
  2. each

Homonyms

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Same reading (まい)
枚 · counter for thin, flat objects (e.g. sheets of pa…舞 · dancing

Popular Usage

毎朝毎月毎週毎日毎年毎晩

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

ⓘ

reclining · lying down · mother (母)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 497

Compound words

毎週まいしゅう
every week
毎朝まいあさ
every morning
毎日まいにち
every day; daily
毎晩まいばん
every night
毎月まいつき
every month; each month; monthly
毎年まいとし
every year; yearly; annually
毎にごとに
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
毎回まいかい
every time; each round
毎時まいじ
every hour; hourly
毎度まいど
each time; every time; always; often; thank you for your continued patronage
毎日のようにまいにちのように
almost every day; almost daily
丸毎まるごと
in its entirety
毎秒まいびょう
every second
一年毎いちねんごと
every (one) year
戸毎鮴とごっとめばる
Sebastes joyneri (genus of fish)
事毎にことごとに
in everything
日毎にひごとに
day by day
年毎にとしごとに
annually
毎トーまいトー
Mainichi Tennis Championship (abbr)
ビット毎ビットごと
bit-wise
半年毎にはんとしごとに
semiannually
毎日新聞まいにちしんぶん
Mainichi Shimbun (newspaper)
毎日新聞社まいにちしんぶんしゃ
Mainichi Newspapers Co. Ltd (Japanese newspaper company)

On Reading Examples

私は子供の頃毎日曜日に教会にいきました。まい
I went to church every Sunday when I was a boy.tatoeba
私は、毎秋りんご園へ行くのが楽しみだ。まい
I delight in going to the apple orchard each fall.tatoeba
私たちは毎週末にきまってスケートに行ったものです。まい
We used to go skating every weekend.tatoeba
ベッドメーキングは毎日しますか。まい
Should I make my bed every day?tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は病気の友を毎日見舞いに来る。
He comes to see his sick friend day after day.tatoeba
毎週、月火はピアノ、水金はダンスを習ってるの。
Every week I study piano on Monday and Tuesday, and dancing on Wednesday and Friday.tatoeba
彼は日曜日以外は毎日働きます。
He works every day except Sunday.tatoeba
彼は日曜日を除いて毎日働いている。
He works every day save Sundays.tatoeba
毎朝の散歩を欠かさなかった。
He never missed a morning walk.wiki
毎朝当日の天候や波の状況を確認した上で出漁の可否を判断する。
Every morning it is decided whether or not to go fishing, after checking the weather and the situation of the waves.wiki
毎月21日 御影供
21st of the month: Mieku (a Buddhist memorial service for Kobo daishi)wiki
日蓮 - 毎月13日
Nichiren (founder of the Nichiren sect of Buddhism): 13th of each monthwiki
毎年6月16日。
It is observed every year on June 16.wiki
公演は毎年3回、
The performance is held on three occasions throughout the year:wiki
毎晩7,8個現れるが、必ず2個ずつ対になって現れる。
The 7 or 8 fire appear every night, but they always appear in pairs.wiki
それによると、近衛天皇の御世、帝が毎晩何かに怯えるようになった。
This legend said that something unknown haunted Emperor Konoe every night and sickened him.wiki

Stroke Order

6 strokes

Every. 𠂉 + 母 (mother) — a mother who bears children again and again.

Practice Writing

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