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every, each 毎
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At the bottom: mother 母, which is a woman 女 with two dots : that are the swollen breasts of a nursing (breast-feeding) mother.
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海
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JLPT 4Joyo 2 |
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| sea, ocean
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Left: water 氵, right: every 毎 (Persons 人 =  have mothers 母, namely: everybody!) [mother 母 = woman 女 with swollen breasts : of pregnancy]
Water is in every sea.
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毎
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JLPT 5Joyo 2 |
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| every, each
goto, MAI
母
毎
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Top: a lying person (= variation of 人), below: a variation of mother 母 (= breastfeeding woman 女 with swollen breasts [= the two points :] )
A person has a mother, and indeed: EVERYBODY!
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悔
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| regret, repent, vexing
kuyama, kuyashii, kuiru, KAI
忄
毎
母
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Left: feeling 忄, right: each/every 毎 ([Horizontal] persons 人 = have a mother 母, namely: every)
A feeling that everyone has (at times) is regret.
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梅
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JLPT 3Joyo 4 |
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| plum
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Left: tree 木, right: every 毎 (Lying persons 人 = have a mother 母, namely every!) [mother 母 = breastfeeding woman 女 with swollen breasts : of pregnancy]
The tree for everybody is the plum tree.
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繁
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| abundance, luxuriant, profuse, prosper, voluptuous
shigeru, HAN
毎
攵
糸
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Top: agile, quick, intelligent 敏 (when everybody 毎 strikes 攵), below: thread 糸
(Threads were made from plant fibers [such as flax / linum] by strikes.) If everybody strikes we will get threads: in abundance.
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敏
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| cleverness, intelligent, agile, quick
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Left: each/every 毎 (Persons 人 = have mothers 母 namely: every!), right: strike 攵 (Hand 又 with stick 卜)
(Think of the revenge of the inferior:) Every strike must be with cleverness.
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侮
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| despise, scorn, disdain
anadoru, BU
亻
毎
母
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Left: person 亻/人 (= standing person), right: every, each 毎 (A [lying] person has a mother 母, namely: every!)
A standing person will do it with every-毎-thing, like a lying person or a [untidy written] mother 母. He will: despise it.
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