Onyomi: カイ · Kunyomi: みな, みんな · Meanings: all, everything
Kanji for all, everything
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The kanji 皆 is made of two parts: 比 (to compare) and 白 (white). In ancient writing, it showed people standing together side by side, as if being compared or seen equally. The idea was that when you compare everyone, all are the same — all people together. Over time, the meaning became “everyone” or “all,” showing unity or the whole group as one.
Formed from 比 (compare) and 白 (white), this kanji shows people side by side, equal and alike — meaning everyone, all people together.
This kanji says: when we stand side by side, we are all the same — 皆 means everyone, all of us together as one.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 皆 | みな | everyone, everybody, all | common JLPT-N4 JLPT-N3 JLPT-N5 Noun, Pronoun, Adverb (fukushi) |
| 皆さん | みなさん | all, everyone, everybody | common JLPT-N5 Noun |
| 皆様 | みなさま | everyone | common Noun |
| 皆目 | かいもく | entirely, (not) at all | Adverb (fukushi) |
| 皆既日食 | かいきにっしょく | total solar eclipse | Noun |
| 皆無 | かいむ | nonexistent, nil, none, nothing (at all), bugger-all | common Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', Noun |
| 皆殺し | みなごろし | massacre, annihilation, wholesale slaughter | Noun |
| みなまで言うな | みなまでいうな | no need to finish what you're saying, say no more, I can guess the rest already | Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.) |
| 皆伐 | かいばつ | clear-cut logging, clear-cutting | Noun, Suru verb |
| 皆して | みんなして | everyone at once, everyone together | Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.) |