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皆

All
Stroke count: 9

Readings

On readingカイ
Kun readingみな、みんな
JLPT level: N3JōyōGrade 8Level 13

Meanings

  1. allRtK
  2. everything
  1. everyone

Popular Usage

皆さん

Radicals and components

Radical白white
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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compare (比) · spoon (匕) · sitting on the ground · white (白) · dove

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 484

Compound words

皆さんみなさん
all; everyone; everybody
皆様みなさま
everyone
皆無かいむ
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
皆目かいもく
entirely; (not) at all
皆既かいき
total eclipse
皆勤かいきん
perfect attendance
皆済かいさい
settlement
悉皆しっかい
all
皆んなみな
everyone
皆既食かいきしょく
total eclipse (solar or lunar)
皆既蝕かいきしょく
total eclipse (solar or lunar)
皆殺しみなごろし
massacre
皆既日食かいきにっしょく
total solar eclipse
皆既日蝕かいきにっしょく
total solar eclipse
草木国土悉皆成仏そうもくこくどしっかいじょうぶつ
all things have the Buddha nature

Kun Reading Examples

トムが出品した絵は皆入賞した。みな
Tom got prizes for all the pictures he sent to the exhibition.tatoeba

Additional Examples

トムが出品した絵は皆入賞した。
Tom got prizes for all the pictures he sent to the exhibition.tatoeba
彼は町の皆に知られている。
He is known to everyone in the town.tatoeba
彼は指導者として皆に尊敬されている。
He is looked up to by all as their leader.tatoeba
彼らは皆同時に走り始めた。
They began to run all at once.tatoeba

Stroke Order

9 strokes

All. 比 (side by side) + 白 (speak) — everyone in a row saying the same thing.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 皆

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step