lǒng​zǒng

altogether

lǒng collect Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components

Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

is a component form of .

Sound component
lóng dragon

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

zǒng collect Simplified

Simplified form of . Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "bind together", since thread () is used to put things together.

Components

Deleted component
silk
cōng agitated

Component uses

Sound (1)

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Readings & variants
Unicode

lǒng collect Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

is a component form of .

Sound component
lóng dragon

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangroːŋʔ
Unicodelǔng

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

zǒng collect Traditional

Original meaning: bind together

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "bind together", since thread () is used to put things together.

Components

Meaning component
silk

is a component form of .

Sound component
cōng agitated

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttsuwng[ts]ˤoŋ bundle of threads
tsuwngX[ts]ˤoŋ bind together

說文解字

《說文》:“總,聚束也。从糸,悤聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica