# 総 — Whole

Frequency rank 493 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Frequent enough that you will keep running into it once you read past headlines.

More common than 賞 (Prize), less common than 囲 (Surround).

- On’yomi: そう
- Kun’yomi: —
- Radical: 糸 Silk (Kangxi 120)
- Frequency path: Level IV of XX
- School grade: 5
- Strokes: 14

Thread on the left, with public and heart on the right — the thread connects the public's heart into one whole, unified fabric of society.

In words:

- 総 そう — whole;all;general;gross
- 総合 そうごう — synthesis;coordination;putting together;integration;composite
- 総会 そうかい — general meeting

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