皆
all, everything
Readings
On'yomi
- カイ
Kun'yomi
- みな
- みんな
Nanori
- むな
Meaning
皆 centers on totality: all people or things together, everything without exception.
Most common words using 皆
20 of 44- 皆みなN5
everyone; everybody; all
- 皆さんみなさんN5
all; everyone; everybody
- 皆様みなさまN1
everyone
- 皆無かいむ
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
- 皆殺しみなごろし
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter
- 皆勤かいきん
perfect attendance
- 皆既かいき
total eclipse; totality
- 皆伝かいでん
initiation into an art or discipline
- 皆目かいもく
entirely; (not) at all
- 皆皆様みなみなさま
Ladies and Gentlemen!; all of you; everyone
- 免許皆伝めんきょかいでん
possessing full mastery of an art (e.g. Judo); initiation into the secrets (e.g. of an art); full mastership
- 皆既食かいきしょく
total eclipse (solar or lunar); totality
- 一切皆空いっさいかいくう
matter is void; all is vanity
- 一切皆苦いっさいかいく
all things are causes of sufferings
- 一強皆弱いっきょうかいじゃく
one strong, everyone else weak
- 世間の皆様せけんのみなさま
members of the public; the public; citizenry; everyone
- 国民皆保険こくみんかいほけん
universal health insurance; universal healthcare
- 国民皆兵こくみんかいへい
universal conscription
- 悉皆しっかい
all; wholly; entirely; without exception
- 悉皆成仏しっかいじょうぶつ
all things have the Buddha nature
Study
Etymology
皆 combines 比 (compare, line up) and 白 (white, clear), suggesting the idea of all things being lined up and made clear together.
Meaning mnemonic
Compare (比) everything under the white (白) light of day, and you'll see all of it together.
Reading mnemonic
For カイ, imagine a gathering of all your friends at a lively kai (会, meeting): 会 -> カイ, and everyone is there.