Kanji Detail for 總 - "tassel, govern, all"

總

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
總 means "tassel, govern, all."
1. Tassel - Bundled threads hanging down.
2. Govern - To bundle; to unify; to manage; to supervise.
3. All - Everyone; everything.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

collect; overall; altogether

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

collect; overall, altogether

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

(bound form) general; overall; to sum up; in every case; always; invariably; anyway; after all; eventually; sooner or later; surely; (after a person's name) abbr. for 總經理|总经理[zong3 jing1 li3] or 總編|总编[zong3 bian1] etc

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

to gather, to collect; overall, altogether

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

To gather together. Such as 總論 (general discussion), 總結 (summary). | To bundle. Such as bundling hair is called 總角. Meaning gathering and bundling. | The head of leadership. Like saying overseeing affairs. Such as 總統 (president), 總理 (premier). In the old system there were 甲總 and 干總. Also this meaning.
Onyomi

soh(そう)
Kunyomi

fusa(ふた)

su.beru(すべる)

sube.te(すべて)
Strokes

17 strokes
Radical

糸 (ito・itohen)
Related Keywords
tassel bundled threads hanging govern bundle unify manage supervise everyone everything