皆

• 読み: みな
• ローマ字: mina
• 漢字の分解: 皆 (kai/mina) — everyone, all
• 発音: /mi.na/

意味

Everyone; all; everybody. Refers to all members of a group.

A noun and pronoun with two common readings: みな (slightly formal) and みんな (casual, more common in speech). 皆さん (minasan) is the polite form used to address a group. Very frequently used in both spoken and written Japanese. Can refer to people or sometimes things (皆同じ, all the same).

例文

1. 皆さん、おはようございます。
2. 皆で一緒に写真を撮りましょう。
3. 皆が楽しめるイベントを企画しています。

使い方ガイド

場面: groups, greetings, collective activities

トーン: inclusive

起源と歴史

The kanji 皆 combines 比 (hi, to compare/line up) with 白 (haku, white/clear). The image is of people lined up together — everyone visible and accounted for.

文化的背景

時代: Ancient

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal