Kanji N1

統: overall, relationship, ruling

統 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning overall, relationship, ruling, written with 12 strokes. It is read トウ (on) and すべる (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 5. You will see it in 大統領 (だいとうりょう, president) and 伝統 (でんとう, tradition).

統

Meanings

  • overall
  • relationship
  • ruling
  • governing
Strokes12
JLPT levelN1
School gradeGrade 5
Frequency#125 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • トウ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • すべる

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 統

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 大統領だいとうりょう

    president (of a country)

    JLPT N3
  • 伝統でんとう

    tradition; convention

    JLPT N3
  • 統合とうごう

    integration; unification; unity; combination

    JLPT N1
  • 統計とうけい

    statistics

    JLPT N2
  • 統治とうじ

    rule; reign; government; governing

    JLPT N1
  • 統制とうせい

    regulation; control

    JLPT N1
  • 系統けいとう

    system

    JLPT N2
  • 統率とうそつ

    command; lead; generalship; leadership

    JLPT N1

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.