皆 means “everyone, all”

みな · mina

Also: everything

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

みな, みんな

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

カイ

JLPT N3 · Taught in secondary school · 9 strokes

The story

Picture a row of people side by side (比) under a bright white (白) sky, the whole class lined up for a photo. 皆 is everyone: 皆さん greets a room, 皆様 opens a formal speech, and friends just say みんな.

Used in 皆さん (minasan, everyone), 皆様 (minasama, everyone, formal), and 皆勤賞 (kaikinshou, perfect attendance award)

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