皆 – all, everything

9 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1267 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 皆 means all, everything. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is カイ (kai); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is みな、みんな (mina, minna). It is written with 9 strokes, under radical 白 (no. 106).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	カイ	kai
Kun’yomi	みな	mina
Kun’yomi	みんな	minna

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 白 (Kangxi radical 106). Components: 白・比.

Words using 皆

皆さんみなさんall皆みなeveryone

Example sentences

皆さんじっとしていてください。

Could you keep still, everyone?

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Kanji with the same radical

的百白皇

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