Japanese symbol for “totality”
皆既
かいき
Romaji: kaiki
total eclipse; totality
In Japanese, totality is 皆既, read かいき (kaiki).
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Meanings
- n total eclipse; totality (astron)
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “totality”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 皆既食 | かいきしょく kaikishoku | total eclipse (solar or lunar); totality |
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 |
| 皆無 | かいむ kaimu | nonexistent; nil; none |
| 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 |
| 既に | すでに sudeni | already |
| 既存 | きそん kison | existing |
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.