総 — general, whole, all

そう総 general

Grade 5 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 14 strokes

U+7DCF Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #129 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1466 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

general
whole
all
full
total

word

そう sou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

総(そう) sou total 総(そう) 合(ごう) sougou comprehensive 総(そう) 理(り) souri prime minister 総(そう) 会(かい) soukai general meeting 総(そう) 務(む) soumu general affairs 総(そう) 額(がく) sougaku total amount 総(そう) 長(ちょう) souchou president 総(そう) 研(けん) souken research institute (abbr.)

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

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忩 hurry (variant)

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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