Japanese symbol for “totalling”

合算

がっさん

Romaji: gassan

adding up; totalling; totaling

In Japanese, totalling is 合算, read がっさん (gassan).

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Meanings

n, vs, vt adding up; totalling; totaling

Kanji and stroke order

合

fit, suit, join

on: ゴウ、ガッ、カッ
kun: あ.う、-あ.う、あ.い、あい-

6 strokes · JLPT 3

算

calculate, divining, number

on: サン
kun: そろ

14 strokes · JLPT 2

Other Japanese words for “totalling”

Word	Reading	Meaning
トータル	トータル tootaru	total; totalling; adding up

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
場合	ばあい baai	case; occasion; situation
試合	しあい shiai	match; game; bout
総合	そうごう sougou	synthesis; combination; integration
合う	あう au	to come together; to merge; to unite
連合	れんごう rengou	union; combination; alliance
合計	ごうけい goukei	sum total; total amount
計算	けいさん keisan	calculation; computation; reckoning
予算	よさん yosan	estimate (of costs); budget

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.