Mnemonic
Your mother picks up a quill and writes you a letter—she does this every single day without exception. Rain or shine, mother dips that quill in ink at dawn. Every morning, every night, her quill never rests.
Additional thoughts
Picture your mother at a candlelit desk, quill scratching across parchment each day. The unwavering daily ritual reinforces the idea of 'every.' Quill on top, mother beneath—just like the kanji's structure.Quick recall
Mother's quill writes you a letter every single day.Details
The keyword for 毎 is every. This kanji conveys the sense of repetition and recurrence, referring to each and all instances without exception. It is commonly used to express regularity and frequency, as in something that happens on each occasion or at each interval. The character carries the fundamental idea of "each time" or "every single one" in a continuous, recurring pattern.
- On'yomi
- まい
- Kun'yomi
- ごと、-ごと.に