JLPT N3 · 9 strokes
Kanji 皆: "all, everything"
The kanji 皆 means "all, everything". It is written with 9 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N3, read カイ in on'yomi and みな, みんな in kun'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
カイ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
みなみんな
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | all, everything |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 9 |
| JLPT level | N3 |
| Taught in Japan | secondary school |
| Frequency rank | 1267 of 2,501 |
Common words with 皆
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 皆さんall; everyone; everybody
- 皆様everyone
- 皆無nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all)
- 皆殺しmassacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter
- 皆目entirely; (not) at all
- 皆の者everybody
- 皆が皆each and all; every single one; everybody
- 皆様方everyone; everybody; ladies and gentlemen
- 皆の衆everybody
- 免許皆伝possessing full mastery of an art (e.g. Judo); initiation into the secrets (e.g. of an art); full mastership
- 皆してeveryone at once; everyone together
- 皆々all; everyone; everybody · everything
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