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each, every 每
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Explanation |
The same meaning has 各
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Used in these characters:
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每
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JLPT HSK 2 |
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| every, each
měi
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每
母
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At top: lying person as a flat variant of 人, below: mother 母 (= woman 女 with emphasized, swollen bosom : when breast-feeding)
Persons have mothers: every!
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悔
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| regret, remorse, repentance
huǐ
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忄
每
母
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Left: feeling 忄, right: each/every 每 (every person 人 = has a mother 母) [母 = woman 女 with emphasized, swollen bosom : when breast-feeding]
A feeling that everyone has (at times) is regret.
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海
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| ocean, sea
hǎi
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氵
每
母
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Left: water 氵, right: every 每 (every person 人 = has a mother 母) [母 = woman 女 with emphasized swollen breasts : when breast-feeding]
Water is in every ocean.
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繁
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| in great numbers, miscellaneous, many
fán
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每
攴
糸
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Top: quick, nimble 敏 (Every 每 strike 攵/攴 must be quick), bottom: thread 糸
(Threads were made of vegetable fibers [like flax / linum] by strikes.) Every strike on the threads stands for a great number.
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敏
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| quick, nimble, agile, clever, sensitive
mǐn
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每
攴
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Left: each/every 每 (every person 人 = has a mother 母) [母 = woman 女 with bosom : ], right: strike 攵/攴 (hand 又 with a stick 卜)
Every strike has to be quick.
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霉
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| mold, mildew, fungi, moldy
méi
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雨
每
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Top: rain 雨 (= window 冂 with cloud 一 and drops 丶丶), bottom: every 每 (every person 人 = has a mother 母)
At rain everything is affected by: mold.
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侮
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to insult, to ridicule, to disgrace
wǔ
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人
每
母
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Left: person 人, right: each/often 每 (every person 人 = has a mother 母 [母 = breast-feeding woman 女 with emphasized bosom : ])
This is a person everybody wants to insult.
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梅
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JLPT no HSK |
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| plum (=ume), Japanese apricot
méi
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木
每
母
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Left: tree 木, right: every 每 (every person 人 = has a mother 母.)
The tree for everybody is the plum tree.
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毓
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JLPT no HSK |
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| (archaic) to give birth to a child, to rear
yù
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每
母
㐬
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Left: every 每 (Every person 人 = has a mother 母.), right: 㐬 ("newborn baby" as a child turned upside down : the child 子 comes with head first, with amniotic fluid 川)
Every mother with the newborn stands for: giving birth.
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酶
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JLPT no HSK |
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| enzyme, ferment
méi
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酉
每
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Left: alcohol 酉, right: every 每 (every person 人 = has a mother 母)
For (the production [or degradation]) of alcohol, you/everybody need an enzyme.
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晦
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JLPT no HSK |
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| dark, night, unlucky
huì
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日
每
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Left: sun 日, right: every 每 (every person 人 = has a mother 母)
(You get suntanned face color.) In the sun, everybody gets dark.
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诲
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JLPT no HSK |
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| to instruct, to teach, to induce
huì
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讠
每
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Left: word 讠/言, right: everybody 每 (every person 人 = has a mother 母 [母 = woman 女 with emphasized bosom : ])
With words everybody can be instructed.
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