měi
every
Original meaning:
young woman of marriageable age
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" The current meaning is a phonetic loan.
Evolution
![每 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC) 每 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)](https://data.dong-chinese.com/img/sinica/%E6%AF%8F_0.png)
Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)![每 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC) 每 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)](https://data.dong-chinese.com/img/sinica/%E6%AF%8F_3.png)
Bronze script
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)![每 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD) 每 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)](https://data.dong-chinese.com/img/sinica/%E6%AF%8F_8.png)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)![每 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD) 每 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)](https://data.dong-chinese.com/img/sinica/%E6%AF%8F_10.png)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
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