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ぜんぶ

all, everything

Mnemonic

The lunchbox comes back empty. Not most of it. A Zen ぜん monk went through the lot of it: ぜんぶ.

Worth knowing

The everyday spoken one. 全て すべて is the same idea, a shade more written.

Built from

whole, entire
𠆢 roof + 王 king
section, part
阝 on the right marks a place or district, one section of it.

Words sharing these kanji

(not) at all entirely, truly all, entirely perfect, complete all members, (the) entire staff the whole body with all of one's strength, at full capacity safety, security whole, total room part, section (one) part

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