Kanji N3

全: whole, entire, all

全 is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning whole, entire, all, written with 6 strokes. It is read ゼン (on) and まったく, すべて (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 3. You will see it in 安全 (あんぜん, safety) and 全体 (ぜんたい, whole).

全

Meanings

  • whole
  • entire
  • all
  • complete
  • fulfill
Strokes6
JLPT levelN3
School gradeGrade 3
Frequency#75 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ゼン

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • まったく
  • すべて

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 全

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 安全あんぜん

    safety; security

    JLPT N4
  • 全体ぜんたい

    whole; entirety

    JLPT N3
  • 全国ぜんこく

    the whole country

    JLPT N3
  • 全員ぜんいん

    all members; all hands; everyone; everybody

    JLPT N3
  • 全部ぜんぶ

    all; entire; whole; altogether

    JLPT N5
  • 完全かんぜん

    perfect; complete

    JLPT N3
  • 全然ぜんぜん

    (not) at all; (not) in the slightest

    JLPT N4
  • 全ぜん

    all; whole; entire; complete; total; pan-

    JLPT N3

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.