総
total; general; whole; all; full
14 strokes. Taught in grade 5. Newspaper frequency rank 129.
Readings
- ソウ (on reading): 総合 (そうごう) synthesis; 総 (そう) whole
- すべて (kun reading)
- ふさ (kun reading)
- Read as a whole word: 下総 (しもうさ) Shimōsa (former province located in parts of present-day Chiba, Ibaraki, Saitama and Tokyo prefectures)
Components
- 糸
- 忩
- ハ radical eight, katakana ha
- 厶 radical private
- 小 radical small
- 幺 radical short thread
- 心 radical heart
- 糸 radical thread
Words using 総
- 総合 (そうごう) synthesis
- 総 (そう) whole
- 総裁 (そうさい) president (of an organization)
- 総称 (そうしょう) general term
- 総督 (そうとく) governor-general
- 下総 (しもうさ) Shimōsa (former province located in parts of present-day Chiba, Ibaraki, Saitama and Tokyo prefectures)
- 総領 (すべおさ) pre-ritsuryō official established in key provinces, responsible for administration of his home and surrounding provinces
387 words in all.