Japanese symbol for “hourly”
毎時
まいじ
Romaji: maiji
every hour; hourly
In Japanese, hourly is 毎時, read まいじ (maiji).
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Meanings
- adv, n every hour; hourly
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “hourly”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 時々刻々 | じじこっこく jijikokkoku | hourly; from one minute to the next; from hour to hour |
| 一刻一刻 | いっこくいっこく ikkokuikkoku | hourly; from hour to hour; moment by moment |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 毎日 | まいにち mainichi | every day; daily |
| 毎年 | まいとし maitoshi | every year; yearly; annually |
| 毎週 | まいしゅう maishuu | every week |
| 毎月 | まいつき maitsuki | every month; each month; monthly |
| 毎朝 | まいあさ maiasa | every morning |
| 毎回 | まいかい maikai | every time; each round |
| 時間 | じかん jikan | time |
| 時代 | じだい jidai | period; epoch; era |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.