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general
Stroke count: 14

Readings

On readingソウ
Kun readingす.べて、すべ.て、ふさ
JōyōGrade 5
  1. whole
  2. total
  3. gross
  4. entire
  5. overall

Popular Usage

総理大臣

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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thread (糸) · spiderman · public · eight (八) · elbows · heart (心)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1466

Compound words

総理大臣そうりだいじん
prime minister (as the head of a cabinet government); premier
総意そうい
consensus; collective will; collective opinion
総会そうかい
general meeting
総額そうがく
total amount (of money); total sum; sum total
総括そうかつ
summarization; summary; generalization; review (by labour or political movements of past activities, results, etc.)
総監そうかん
inspector general; commissioner
総計そうけい
total; sum total; total amount
総裁そうさい
president (of an organization); director general; governor (of a central bank); party leader (esp. LDP)
総帥そうすい
commander-in-chief; leader; head of a group of companies
総数そうすう
total (number); count
総勢そうぜい
all members; whole army
総体そうたい
the whole; all; on the whole; generally; all in all
総長そうちょう
president (of a university); vice-chancellor; chancellor; secretary-general; director
総統そうとう
supreme ruler; generalissimo; president (of Taiwan); führer; fuehrer
総督そうとく
governor-general; governor; viceroy
総評そうひょう
general comment
総務そうむ
general affairs; general business; manager; director; adjutant general
総理そうり
prime minister (as the head of a cabinet government); premier; leading; overseeing; leader
総量そうりょう
aggregate amount
総力そうりょく
total energy; all efforts
総合そうごう
synthesis; combination; integration; putting together; general
総論そうろん
general remarks
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

Stroke Order

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