Kanji · JLPT N5 · Level 3
毎 every
- Meaning
- every
- On reading
- マイ
- Kun reading
- -
Memory hook
A slash over 母 (mother). Mother, every single day. マイ. 毎日 mainichi, every day.
Words that use 毎
毎日
まいにち
every day
毎週
まいしゅう
every week
How to write 毎
Stroke order · 6 strokes
1
2
3
4
5
6
- 1. The sweep down to the left.
- 2. The horizontal across the top.
- 3. Vertical, then turn across to the right.
- 4. Horizontal across the top, then turn down, ending in a hook.
- 5. The vertical through the centre.
- 6. The horizontal across the middle.
Stroke data from KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
General rules
- Top to bottom, left to right.
- Horizontal strokes before crossing vertical ones (十 = horizontal, then vertical).
- Outside before inside - but close a box last (口).
- A vertical that passes all the way through comes last (中).
- Left-falling diagonal before right-falling (大).
毎 is taught on day 8 of the kanji course, alongside 今 週, with two writing passes and a short quiz.