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每

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each; every

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HSK 3.0
Level 3
Old HSK
Level 2
Strokes
7
Radical
毋 +3
Structure
Top–bottom 上下
Traditional
每
Common rank
#1,959
Unicode
U+6BCF

Formation & memory

Break the character into parts you already know.

How 每 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

Components 母 ? unknown part

How to remember it

every · Heisig RSH #467

lying (down) + 母 mother

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 每

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

WordPinyinMeaning
每年一度 měi nián yī dù once a year (every year)
每日新闻 Měi rì Xīn wén Mainichi Shimbun, a Japanese daily newspaper
每日镜报 Měi rì Jìng Bào Daily Mirror (newspaper)
每日快报 Měi rì Kuài bào Daily Express (newspaper)
每日电讯报 Měi rì Diàn xùn bào Daily Telegraph (newspaper)
每周一次 měi zhōu yī cì once a week
每日邮报 Měi rì Yóu bào Daily Mail (newspaper)
每个人 měi ge rén everybody; everyone
每日限价 měi rì xiàn jià (finance) daily trading limit, the maximum allowed price fluctuation of a stock or securit…
每人 měi rén each person; everybody; per person
每天 měi tiān every day
每日 měi rì daily; (soup etc) of the day
每时每日 měi shí měi rì every day and every hour; hourly and daily (idiom)
每年 měi nián every year; each year; yearly
摊薄后每股盈利 tān bó hòu měi gǔ yíng lì diluted earnings per share
每月 měi yuè each month
每当 měi dāng whenever; every time
每逢佳节倍思亲 měi féng jiā jié bèi sī qīn doubly homesick for our dear ones at each festive day (from a poem by Wang Wei 王維|王维[Wang2…
每处 měi chù everywhere; anywhere
每周 měi zhōu every week

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 母 — compare how they read.

CharacterPinyinMeaning
母 sound part mǔ mother; female elders; female
毒 dú poison, venom; drug, narcotic
姆 mǔ governess, matron, nanny
拇 mǔ thumb; big toe
呣 m interjection or exclamation indicating a question