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Kanji Detail for 皆 - "everyone, all"

皆

  • Meaning

    皆 means "everyone, all." Also associated with together.

    1. Everyone - All people; everybody; altogether.

    2. Together - Similarly; jointly; in unison.

  • Words using 皆

    • 皆さん みなさん Listen all; everyone; everybody
    • 皆様 みなさま Listen everyone
    • 皆無 かいむ Listen nonexistent; nil; none

  • Four-character idioms with 皆

    • 一切皆空 いっさいかいくう Listen matter is void; all is vanity
    • 一強皆弱 いっきょうかいじゃく Listen one strong, everyone else weak
    • 免許皆伝 めんきょかいでん Listen possessing full mastery of an art (e.g. Judo); initiation into the secrets (e.g. of an art); full mastership
    • 悉皆成仏 しっかいじょうぶつ Listen all things have the Buddha nature

  • Tattoo check: 皆

    • Verified meaning: everyone, all
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read かい, かいじ, みな)
    • Also carries these associations: together

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 皆

    Given names 皆(みな)Listen

    Surnames 皆(かい)Listen 皆(かいじ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    all; everything

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    all, every, everybody

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    all; each and every; in all cases

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    all, every, everybody

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    A comprehensive word. Meaning many are the same.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    kai(カイ) カイ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    min'na(みんな) みんな

    mina(みな) みな

  • Strokes

    tip

    9 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    白 (shiro・shirohen)

  • Related Keywords

    everyone together all same collective entire everybody whole total universal common inclusive jointly unison community public comprehensive

Sentences including 皆

  • All of the students stood up together.

  • They are all alike to me.

  • I will miss you all.

  • The committee are all against it.

  • Everybody's business is nobody's business.

  • May i have your attention , please?

  • The facts became known to everyone.

  • Mary is respected by everyone.

  • There was food enough for us all.

  • The name of the pianist is known to everybody.

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