Memory phrase for the character: 每


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Meaning

every, each

Pronunciation

měi

Explanation

At top: lying person as a flat variant of 人, below: mother 母 (= woman 女 with emphasized, swollen bosom : when breast-feeding)

Mnemonic


 
Persons have mothers: every!

Radicals

each, everyThe same meaning has 各
person lying downThis radical can be seen as a person 人 who has the right leg horizontal 一. He is thus lying. (Further radicals with "person" are: sitting 匕, sitting cross-legged 夂, kneeling ⺈, skilled 才, bending マ,卩, slumped 㔾 or husband 夫)
motherShows 'woman' 女 with an elongated right stroke ノ and with two dots : which are the swollen breasts of a nursing (breast-feeding) mother.
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 Vocabulary

每年 měi nián  every year; each year; yearly
每天 měi tiān  every day; everyday
每次 měi cì  every time
每人 měi rén  each person; everybody; per person
每逢 měi féng  every time; on each occasion; whenever
每谋辄败 měi móu zhé bài  to fail at every scheme (idiom)
每谋辄败 měi móu zhé bài  


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