According to the early literature about 每, we can find various pronunciations and meanings. The original meaning of měi is “women’s hair decorations are luxuriant and beautiful”. Afterward, wrongly taken to mean “flourish”, and all of the měi’s meanings are originate from this. This assay attempt to investigate the relationship between every meaning of měi, and try to put forward the possibility of evolution. Lastly, we investigate manifestation in the early Chinese texts and try to sort out the meanings development pathway.