# 総 — overall; general

総 means “overall; general”. It is a JLPT N3 kanji written with 14 strokes. On'yomi: ソウ (sou). It has no common kun'yomi.

- Meaning: overall; general
- On'yomi: ソウ (sou)
- Kun'yomi: —
- Strokes: 14
- Level: JLPT N3 · set Numbers & amounts 1

## How to remember 総

Threads (糸) gathered into one public (公) heart (心): overall.

Parts: 糸 thread · 公 public · 心 heart

## Don't confuse it with

[絵](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/painting/) · [統](https://moji.ninja/n1-kanji/unite/)

## More in the “Numbers & amounts 1” set

[全](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/whole/) · [最](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/most/) · [約](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/promise/) · [総](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/overall/) · [加](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/add/) · [数](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/number/) · [第](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/ordinal-number/) · [増](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/increase/) · [各](https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/each/)

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From Moji Ninja (https://moji.ninja/), a free app for learning hiragana, katakana and the JLPT kanji from N5 to N1 with spaced repetition. Page: https://moji.ninja/n3-kanji/overall/. Last updated 2026-11-01.