zǒng
collect
Simplified form of 總. Phonosemantic compound. 糹 represents the meaning and 悤 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "bind together", since thread (糹) is used to put things together.
Components
悤 Sound Simplified component
cōng
agitated
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Traditional script
ModernSimplified script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 总
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
always | ||
always | ||
president (of a country) | ||
in a word | ||
to sum up |
Component uses
Sound component in 1 character (1 verified)
Statistics
HSK level 3
Appears in 92.4876% of movies
266th most common character in movies
228th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 9 |
Traditional | |
Unicode | U+603B |
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