総

general, whole, all, full, total

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

ソウ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

す.べてすべ.てふさ

Nanori (名乗り)

うさずさ

Stroke Order

14 / 14

Information

Grade:5

Strokes:14

JLPT:N2

Frequency:129

Vocabulary

ソウ

Word	Reading	Meaning
国民総生産	コクミンソウセイサン	gross national product; GNP
総意	ソウイ	consensus; collective will; collective opinion
総会	ソウカイ	general meeting
総額	ソウガク	total amount (of money); total sum; sum total
総括	ソウカツ	summarization; summary; generalization; review (by labour or political movements of past activities, results, etc.)

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
総	そう	whole; total; gross; entire; overall; general (election, manager, etc.)
総会屋	そうかいや	extortionist that threatens to disrupt stock-holder meetings; sokaiya
総決算	そうけっさん	complete financial statement; summing up; concluding
総	ふさ	tuft (of hair, threads, etc.); fringe; tassel; bunch (of grapes, bananas, etc.); cluster (of flowers); segment (of a tangerine, etc.); section
総て	すべて	everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly; all

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These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

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overall, relationship, ruling, governing

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distract, be mistaken for, go astray, divert

permanence, distant, long time, leisure

discontinue, sever, cut off, abstain, interrupt, suppress, be beyond, without match, peerless, unparalleled

strangle, constrict, wring