總 zǒng

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Number of strokes

Traditional form

總 zǒng

Contains the radical

糹 sī

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

thread

Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⿰糹悤

Semantic compound

糹 sī

Phonetic compound

悤 cōng

Explanation

Simplified form of 總 zǒng . Phonosemantic compound. 糹 sī represents the meaning and 悤 cōng represents the sound. Based on the meaning "put together", since thread (糹 sī ) is used to put things together.

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Simplified	Meaning	Traditional
总 zǒng	always	總 zǒng
总是 zǒngshì	always	總是
总统 zǒngtǒng	president (of a country)	總統
总之 zǒngzhī	in a word	總之
总结 zǒngjié	to sum up	總結
总理 zǒnglǐ	premier	總理
总体 zǒng tǐ	completely	總體
总部 zǒng bù	general headquarters	總部
总经理 zǒng jīng lǐ	CEO	總經理
总裁 zǒngcái	chairman	總裁
总算 zǒngsuàn	finally	總算
总额 zǒng é	total (amount or value)	總額
总局 zǒng jú	head office	總局
总量 zǒng liàng	total	總量
总数 zǒng shù	total	總數
总监 zǒng jiān	head	總監
总共 zǒnggòng	altogether	總共
夜总会 yè zǒng huì	nightclub	夜總會
总决赛 zǒng jué sài	finals (sports)	總決賽
总书记 zǒng shū ji	general secretary (of the Communist Party)	總書記
副总裁 fù zǒng cái	vice-chairman (of an organization)	副總裁
老总 lǎo zǒng	boss	老總
副总理 fù zǒng lǐ	vice-premier	副總理
总公司 zǒng gōng sī	parent company	總公司
总计 zǒng jì	(grand) total	總計