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Chinese symbol for “total”

总额
zǒng é
Traditional: 總額
total (amount or value)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for total is 总额 (zǒng é), defined as: total (amount or value).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

总 zǒng
to gather, to collect; overall, altogether
radical 61 ⼼ · 9 strokes
额 é
forehead; quota, amount
radical 181 ⾴ · 15 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “total”

WordPinyinMeaning
总数 (總數)zǒng shùtotal; sum
总量 (總量)zǒng liàngtotal; overall amount
总计 (總計)zǒng jì(grand) total
整个 (整個)zhěng gèwhole; entire
共gòngcommon; general

Related words

Other words that share a character with 总额.

WordPinyinMeaning
总统 (總統)zǒng tǒngpresident (of a country)
总是 (總是)zǒng shìalways
总理 (總理)zǒng lǐpremier; prime minister
总结 (總結)zǒng jiéto sum up; to conclude
总部 (總部)zǒng bùheadquarters
总之 (總之)zǒng zhīin a word; in short
金额 (金額)jīn ésum of money; amount of money
额外 (額外)é wàiextra; added

See also: Japanese symbol for “total”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.