皆
皆 — All
all, everything
On’yomiカイ (kai)
Kun’yomiみな (mina)
Kun’yomiみんな (minna)
Stroke order (9 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 皆
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 皆 | みな mina | everyone; everybody; all |
| 皆さん | みなさん minasan | all; everyone; everybody |
| 皆様 | みなさま minasama | everyone |
| 皆無 | かいむ kaimu | nonexistent; nil; none |
| 皆殺し | みなごろし minagoroshi | massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter |
| 皆目 | かいもく kaimoku | entirely; (not) at all |
Study notes
皆 is a JLPT N3 kanji written with 9 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1267 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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