Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People

惣: all

JLPT N112 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met

心 carries the meaning · 物 is drawn in

12 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

ソウsou · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 惣菜そうざいsmall dish (served as a part of an…
  • 惣そうrural local self-government (Muromachi…
  • 惣領そうりょうeldest child; oldest child; first-born child

Also read すべて, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

成り立ち

Where it comes from

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“The ancient character once looked like a beating heart with its arteries. Today, 心 represents the very center of who we are—the place where our feelings bloom, our thoughts grow, and our spirit resides.”
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseNo clear Chinese counterpart · zǒng

Unihan gives no clear Chinese counterpart for this character.

Pinyin zǒng most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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