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皆 means 'everyone'

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Strokes : 9    Frequency: 1139   JLPT: N3    Usefulness: 3    Study set: 3-21    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: 34    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 34 words   Used in 42 words   Used in 281 names   Component in 10 kanji (3 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   カイ
Kun
   みな everyone
Additional readings
Kun    みんな
Name    むな
Notes
A Joy o' Kanji essay is available for 皆 - click the badge to download
Find out about a kanji that invites you to make sweeping statements. Rich in sample sentences, this essay teaches you to say, "They were all confused," "Our professor paid for us all," "I don't like any of them," "How's everyone at the Hong Kong office?" and "May I please have your attention." See how 皆 connects to Buddhist thought, fabric dyeing, health insurance, and eclipses.
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⿱  比 compare  白 white  
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昆 descendants  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 皆 is used 4 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 皆 is used 39 times, read 3 ways.
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カイ : 28 words FIND ALL
か い む 1
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
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みな : 8 words FIND ALL
み な さ ん 2
noun
all; everyone; everybody  (honorific)
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みんな : 3 words FIND ALL
expression, noun
each and all; every single one; everybody  (often written with kana only)
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An additional 1 less common words include 皆 but the readings have not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 1064  Joy o' Kanji : 1064  Key to Kanji: 105 

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皆
カイ   みな everyone   
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比
ヒ   くらべる to compare   
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匕
さじ spoon   
白
ハク   しろい white   しろ    しら-    
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
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