Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People

全: whole, entire

Also: all, complete, fulfill

JLPT N36 strokesGrade 3Your ink: 白 Not met

人 carries the meaning · 王 is drawn in

6 strokes

Three readings, and the words that use each

ゼンzen · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 全然ぜんぜんnot at all
  • 全部ぜんぶall
  • 全体ぜんたいwhole
  • 全員ぜんいんall members
  • 全力ぜんりょくall one's power
  • 全世界ぜんせかいthe whole world
  • 完全なかんぜんなperfect
  • 安全なあんぜんなsafe

まったくmattaku · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 全くまったくreally

すべてsubete · kun'yomi

  • 全てすべてall

Special readingsThese words are read as a whole, not from the readings above.

  • 全うするまっとうするfulfill

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Print sheet Present
成り立ち

Where it comes from

Origin · sourced

Ideogrammic compound (會意)入 + 玉 jade

A whole piece of jade; pure jade.

Source: Wiktionary, 全 (rev. 92707605), CC BY-SA 4.0

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Enter (入) + king/jewel (王). It originally referred to a piece of "precious jade" that "enters" a perfect collection—representing something that is completely whole and without lack.”
From the 入 to enter story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
人

Also built on person (人)

All 21
王

Also built on jewelry (王)

All 35

全 gives its sound to

The family reading is セン (sen). Sound parts: KanjiVG.

Also read ゼン

10 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
全 whole · 人
vs主 lord · 亠
全 has 人 where 主 has 亠.
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · quán

Same form: 全 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
全 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
全 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin quán most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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