Memory phrase for the Kanji: 毎


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Meaning every, each

Pronunciation

MAI
goto

Explanation

Top: a lying person (= variation of 人), below: a variation of mother 母 (= breastfeeding woman 女 with swollen breasts [= the two points :] )

Mnemonic


 
A person has a mother, and indeed: EVERYBODY!

Radicals

motherShows a woman 女 with a longer right stroke ノ and with two dots : which are swollen breasts of a nursing (breast-feeding) mother.
every, eachAt the bottom: mother 母, which is a woman 女 with two dots : that are the swollen breasts of a nursing (breast-feeding) mother.
lying person(Further radicals with „person“ are: sitting 匕, sitting cross-legged 夂, kneeling ⺈, skilled 才, bending マ,卩, slumped 㔾 or husband 夫)
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 Vocabulary

まい  Prefix for Recurrent (eg 毎 日, every day)
ごと  each respectively
毎年 まいねん  every year, yearly, annually
毎日 まいにち  every day
毎晩 まいばん  every night
毎月 まいげつ  every month, each month, monthly
毎月 まいつき  every month, each month, monthly
毎朝 まいあさ  every morning
毎週 まいしゅう  every week


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