毎

音読おんよみ: マイ

訓読くんよみ: ごと

画数かくすう: 6

部首ぶしゅ: 母(なかれ)

Meaning

Every / Each

  • 毎日まいにち — every day
  • 毎週まいしゅう — every week
  • 毎年まいとし — every year
  • 毎朝まいあさ — every morning
  • 毎晩まいばん — every night
  • 毎回まいかい — every time
  • 日毎ひごと — day by day

毎 is historically related to 母 (mother) in its shape. In older forms, 毎 looks like 母 with a small extra mark added, and the character came to express repetition and regularity — the idea of something happening “every time.” That makes it a good match for words like 毎日 (every day) and 毎回 (every time).

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