每逢
měi féng · HSK 7
every time
📅 每 (every) + 逢 (to meet/come upon) = on every occasion you meet it
每 means each or every; 逢 means to encounter or come upon a time. Together 每逢 marks every recurring occasion — whenever a date or event rolls around, as in 每逢 a holiday.
每 — top 𠂉 (hair pin) + 母 mother
每 originally depicted a woman (母, mother) with an ornamental hairpin on top, suggesting a mature or adorned woman. Over time the meaning shifted by extension from 'lush, abundant' to the modern sense of 'every' or 'each'. The 母 component also hints at the pronunciation.
逢 — walk radical 辶 + 夆 (phonetic)
逢 is a phonetic-semantic compound. The 辶 radical signals motion or going, while 夆 supplies the sound. Originally meaning 'to meet on the road,' it now broadly means 'to encounter' or 'to come upon.'