Memory phrase for the character: 総

総

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Meaning

altogether, whole, total, general

Pronunciation

SŌ
subete

Explanation

 (Compare with Prime Minister 総理 [そうり], who has a mediating function.) - Left: thread 糸, right: public 公 (eight 八 and nose ム form the public.), heart 心

Mnemonic
 
Like with threads, he publicly connects hearts, altogether and wholly.

Radicals

糸 thread
公 public
ム noseThis radical is typically understood as a nose in a lateral view from the left.




 Vocabulary

総て すべて  everything entirely, all
総理大臣 そうりだいじん  Prime Minister
総会 そうかい  general meeting
総称 そうしょう  general term, generic name
総合 そうごう  synthesis, coordination, integration, composite

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