Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 5

JLPT level: N2

129 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 14

Meaning: general, whole, all, full, total

Kunyomi: す.べて すべ.て ふさ

Onyomi: ソウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: いとへん

Meaning: silk

Strokes: 6

Examples

Examples with audio

長(そうちょう)   (college) president

額(そうがく)   sum total

論(そうろん)   general remarks

会(そうかい)   general meeting

選挙(そうせんきょ)   general election

理大臣(そうりだいじん)   Prime Minister

括する(そうかつする)   recap, summarize

合する(そうごうする)   put together, integrate

Onyomi Examples

ソウ whole, all, general, gross, entire, overall

当たり ソウアタリ round robin, having no losing tickets (of a lottery), brute force (in cryptography), using all combinations

カイソウ imperial navy order

ゼンソウ Comprehensive National Development Plan (1962-)

Kunyomi Examples

全て すべて everything, all, the whole, entirely, completely, wholly, all

すべての道はローマに通ず すべてのみちはローマにつうず all roads lead to Rome

全て すべて everything, all, the whole, entirely, completely, wholly, all

すべての道はローマに通ず すべてのみちはローマにつうず all roads lead to Rome

ふさ tuft (of hair, threads, etc.), fringe, tassel, bunch (of grapes, bananas, etc.), cluster (of flowers), segment (of a tangerine, etc.), section

ふさのくに Fusa (former province in present-day Chiba and Ibaraki Prefectures)