Memory phrase for the Kanji: 総

総

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Meaning altogether, whole, total, general

Pronunciation

SŌ
subete

Explanation

Left: thread 糸, right: public 公 (Eight 八 noses ム form the public.), heart 心

Mnemonic
 
A thread wound around the public's hearts ties them altogether.

Radicals

糸 thread
公 public
ム noseThis radical is typically understood as a nose in a sideview that is seen from the left.
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 Vocabulary

総て すべて  everything entirely, all
総理大臣 そうりだいじん  Prime Minister
総会 そうかい  general meeting
総称 そうしょう  general term, generic name
総合 そうごう  synthesis, coordination, integration, composite

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