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Originally Posted by masaegu
Old vs. New.
The bottom part of 「毎」 used to be written as 「母」 ; therefore, 「海」 was written with a 「母」 . If you used that old style of 「海」 in school or business in Japan, you would surely be corrected because that is not how the kanji appears in textbooks (or newspapers, magazines, legal papers, etc.).
However, if you used it in a form of artistic expression like calligraphy, you would just look cool.
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For one second I thought I made a stupid question, I am glad to know it isn't the case.
I will try my best to follow the contemporary rules, then.