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Kanji Information Sheet for 総 ( PDF version )
Bushu (Radical) Info: 糸 (いと) – thread
Henshall Mnemonic: thread runs through public feeling
Levels: JLPT N2 | JLPT 2 (old) | Grade 5
Frequency: #129 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Frequency: #129 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:
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JLPT N2 Words
JLPT N1 Words
- 総 [そう]
(n,pref) whole; all; general; gross [K] [D] [Jisho] - 総会 [そうかい]
(n) general meeting [K] [D] [Jisho] - 総合 [そうごう]
(n,vs) synthesis; coordination; putting together; integration; composite [K] [D] [Jisho]
Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT
- 総合的 [そうごうてき]
(adj-na) synthetic; comprehensive [K] [D] [Jisho] - 総裁 [そうさい]
(n) president [K] [D] [Jisho] - 総辞職 [そうじしょく]
(n,vs) mass resignation [K] [D] [Jisho] - 総帥 [そうすい]
(n) commander; leader [K] [D] [Jisho] - 総数 [そうすう]
(n) total (number) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 総勢 [そうぜい]
(n) all members; whole army [K] [D] [Jisho] - 総選挙 [そうせんきょ]
(n) general election [K] [D] [Jisho] - 総体 [そうたい]
(adv,n) the whole; originally [K] [D] [Jisho] - 総長 [そうちょう]
(n) (college) president; secretary-general [K] [D] [Jisho] - 総当たり [そうあたり]
(n) round-robin [K] [D] [Jisho] - 総統 [そうとう]
(n) president; generalissimo [K] [D] [Jisho] - 総動員 [そうどういん]
(n) general mobilization [K] [D] [Jisho] - 総督 [そうとく]
(n) governor-general [K] [D] [Jisho] - 総評 [そうひょう]
(n) (abbr) General Council of Trade Unions of Japan [K] [D] [Jisho] - 総本山 [そうほんざん]
(n) (1) (Buddh) head temple of a sect; (2) (organizational) headquarters [K] [D] [Jisho] - 総務 [そうむ]
(n) general business (affairs); manager; director; adjutant general (mil) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 総務局 [そうむきょく]
General Affairs Bureau [K] [D] [Jisho] - 総務部 [そうむぶ]
(n) general affairs department (bureau); executive section [K] [D] [Jisho] - 総理 [そうり]
(n,vs) prime minister; leader; overseer (of national affairs); president [K] [D] [Jisho] - 総理府 [そうりふ]
(n) Prime Minister's office [K] [D] [Jisho] - 総量 [そうりょう]
(n) aggregate amount [K] [D] [Jisho] - 総領事 [そうりょうじ]
(n) consul general [K] [D] [Jisho] - 総力 [そうりょく]
(n) total energy; all efforts [K] [D] [Jisho] - 総論 [そうろん]
(n) general remarks [K] [D] [Jisho] - 国民総生産 [こくみんそうせいさん]
(n) gross national product; GNP; gross domestic product; GDP [K] [D] [Jisho]
Acknowledgments
The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.
The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.
Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.
The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.
If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.