(zǒng) - always; general, overall in Mandarin
zǒngTraditional: 總
Translation
always; general, overall
Word origin
A single character meaning general, overall or always. The modern simplified form sits above the 心 (heart) radical, which marks many words to do with mind and disposition, with the upper portion serving as the phonetic component. The senses of gathering things together (overall, general) and of habitual action (always) both flow from the core idea of summing up.
- Origin
- phono-semantic compound
- Root
- phonetic upper component + 心 (heart radical)
Stroke order
总
Examples
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He is always late.
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One day you will understand.
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He is always very busy.
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He always finds a way to solve problems.
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You cannot just keep waiting forever.
总 (zǒng) means always, or general and overall.
Where this fits
Appears in 3 words
Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 总.
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