The kanji 皆: meaning, readings and stroke order

皆

Meaning: everyone, all
On reading: カイ kai
Kun reading: みな mina
Strokes: 9
Radical: 白 white
Level: Level 7 · junior high school

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: mọi người, tất cả (giai)
Japanese: みな。みんな。ぜんぶ。
Korean: 모두 (개)
Chinese: 大家、全部

Readings, words and example sentences

カイ kai · on reading · less common

皆かい勤きん
perfect attendance
一年間 皆かい勤きんでした。
I did not miss a single day all year.

みな mina · kun reading

皆みな
everyone, all
皆みなで力を合わせます。
Everyone works together.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.