Read Edit View history 每 měi HSK3 every Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Pictograph of a woman (母) with a hairpin in her hair. In ancient China, women of marriageable age wore a hairpin. Based on the original meaning "young woman of marriageable age". The current meaning is a phonetic loan. Pinyin Separate values with commas měi × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Depicts a hairpin. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 每 Simp strokes 每 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 每 Simp strokes 每 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 每 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 404, 836 ], [ 430, 795 ], [ 384, 708 ], [ 318, 628 ], [ 284, 596 ], [ 228, 558 ] ], [ [ 410, 689 ], [ 538, 701 ], [ 699, 731 ], [ 745, 730 ] ], [ [ 350, 584 ], [ 381, 546 ], [ 386, 527 ], [ 380, 484 ], [ 336, 324 ], [ 316, 269 ], [ 284, 207 ], [ 271, 164 ], [ 315, 156 ], [ 406, 166 ], [ 584, 168 ], [ 776, 145 ], [ 824, 117 ] ], [ [ 413, 560 ], [ 423, 551 ], [ 438, 550 ], [ 608, 582 ], [ 638, 577 ], [ 672, 546 ], [ 641, 207 ], [ 607, 42 ], [ 587, 6 ], [ 556, -17 ], [ 456, 38 ] ], [ [ 472, 497 ], [ 512, 454 ], [ 524, 431 ] ], [ [ 76, 352 ], [ 139, 332 ], [ 429, 365 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