Japanese symbol for “none”
皆無
かいむ
Romaji: kaimu
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all)
In Japanese, none is 皆無, read かいむ (kaimu).
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Meanings
- adj-na, adj-no, n nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “none”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 共 | とも tomo | both; all; neither |
| 何れにも | どれにも dorenimo | none |
| 何れも | どれも doremo | any; all; every |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 皆さん | みなさん minasan | all; everyone; everybody |
| 皆様 | みなさま minasama | everyone |
| 皆殺し | みなごろし minagoroshi | massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter |
| 皆目 | かいもく kaimoku | entirely; (not) at all |
| 皆勤 | かいきん kaikin | perfect attendance |
| 無料 | むりょう muryou | free (of charge); gratuitous |
| 無理 | むり muri | unreasonable; unnatural; unjustifiable |
| 無事 | ぶじ buji | safety; security; peace |
See also: Chinese symbol for “none”.
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.