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On'yomi
カイ
KAI
Kun'yomi
みな・みんな
mina / minna

all · everything

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Strokes9
Frequency#1267
Radicalwhite(5)

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Component Breakdown

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比 + white

Cultural Context

Etymology

Composed of compare and white. All shining white.

Symbolism

Everyone, all members, everything. Represents totality.

Related Culture & Scenes

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Words & Expressions

Four-Character Compounds

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; possessing full mastery of an art (e.g. Judo)

一切皆空

いっさいかいくう

matter is void; all is vanity; matter is void

悉皆成仏

しっかいじょうぶつ

all things have the Buddha nature; all things have the Buddha nature

一強皆弱

いっきょうかいじゃく

one strong, everyone else weak; one strong, everyone else weak

Proverbs & Idioms

皆が言えば嘘も本当になる

みながいえばうそもほんとうになる

If everyone says it, even lies become truth

When many people repeat something, even falsehoods are believed