Kanji N2

総: general, whole, all

総 is a JLPT N2 kanji meaning general, whole, all, written with 14 strokes. It is read ソウ (on) and すべて, ふさ (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 5. You will see it in 総理大臣 (そうりだいじん, prime minister) and 総会 (そうかい, general meeting).

総

Meanings

  • general
  • whole
  • all
  • full
  • total
Strokes14
JLPT levelN2
School gradeGrade 5
Frequency#129 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ソウ

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

Kun reading
  • すべて
  • すべて
  • ふさ

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

Watch the stroke order

Every stroke in order, the live one in vermilion. Replay as often as you like.

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Now draw it

Trace each stroke in order. Wrong direction or wrong order gets flagged right away.

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Your turn: draw stroke 1 of 14. Start at the dot.

Common words with 総

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

  • 総理大臣そうりだいじん

    prime minister (as the head of a cabinet government)

    JLPT N2
  • 総会そうかい

    general meeting

    JLPT N1
  • 総合そうごう

    synthesis; combination; integration

    JLPT N1
  • 総そう

    whole; total; gross; entire; overall

    JLPT N1
  • 総額そうがく

    total amount (of money); total sum; sum total

  • 総長そうちょう

    president (of a university); vice-chancellor

  • 総務そうむ

    general affairs; general business; manager

  • 総理そうり

    prime minister (as the head of a cabinet government)

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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; the Spanish meanings they lack, translated by Naraio from their English, are shared under the same licence. Example sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY. Sentences split into words with IPADIC © NAIST and IPA, through Lindera.