总体
zǒng tǐ · HSK 5
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🧮 总体 = zǒng (overall) + tǐ (body) — the whole body of something
总 (zǒng) means general or overall; 体 (tǐ) means body or substance. Together they form the overall body — the totality or entirety of something taken as a single unit.
总 — top 丷 + 口 + 心 (heart radical)
总 is the simplified form of 總. The traditional form combined 糸 (silk threads) with 悤 as phonetic, originally meaning to gather or tie threads together. From 'bundling threads' the meaning extended to 'gather all,' 'general,' 'overall,' and 'always.'