| 661 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 760 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 738 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 154 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3567 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 741 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 823 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2662 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 697 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 710 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 735 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1543 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1743 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 936 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1261 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1378 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 27620 | Morohashi |
| 1379 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4532 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1366 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1466 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 307 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 795 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
129 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 総 【ソウ】 whole, total, gross, entire, overall, general (election, manager, etc.)
- 総当たり 【ソウアタリ】 round robin, having no losing tickets (of a lottery), brute force (in cryptography), using all combinations
- 海総 【カイソウ】 imperial navy order
- 全総 【ゼンソウ】 Comprehensive National Development Plan (1962-)
Kun reading compounds
- 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
- 房 【ふさ】 tuft (of hair, threads, etc.), fringe, tassel, bunch (of grapes, bananas, etc.), cluster (of flowers), segment (of a tangerine, etc.), section
- 総国 【ふさのくに】 Fusa (former province located in present-day Chiba and Ibaraki prefectures)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- うさ、 ずさ
- Korean:
- chong
Spanish
- general
- total
- completo
Portuguese
- geral
- inteiro
- todo
- cheio
- total
French
- général
- entier
- tout
- complet
- total
| 2758 | 2001 Kanji |
| 6a8.20 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-6-8 | SKIP code |
| 2893.3 | Four corner code |
| 1-33-77 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7dcf | Unicode hex code |
appellation, praise, admire, name, title, fame
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
985 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 称 【ショウ】 name, title, designation, fame, reputation
- 称号 【ショウゴウ】 title, name, degree
- 通称 【ツウショウ】 popular name, common name, nickname, alias
- 公称 【コウショウ】 public announcement, official statement, official claim, nominal, official, declared, claimed, official name
Kun reading compounds
- 称える 【たたえる】 to praise, to extol, to hail, to laud, to celebrate
- 称える 【となえる】 to call (by a name), to name
- 褒める 【ほめる】 to praise, to commend, to compliment, to speak well of, to speak highly of
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ね
- Korean:
- ching
Spanish
- llamar
- nombrar
- alabar
- apelativo
- nombre
Portuguese
- apelação
- elogio
- admirar
- nome
- título
- fama
French
- appellation
- louanges
- admirer
- nom
- titre
- renommée
| 815 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 714 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1187 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3280 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 736 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1586 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1118 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 978 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1011 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1554 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1433 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1491 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 788 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1075 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 914 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 25016P | Morohashi |
| 1160 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4139 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 905 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 971 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1374 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2241 | 2001 Kanji |
| 5d5.8 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-5-5 | SKIP code |
| 2899.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-30-46 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 79f0 | Unicode hex code |