总和 (zǒnghé) — sum total; aggregate

Characters in this word

Strokes: 8
Radical: 口 — mouth
Made of: 禾 cereal, grain, rice 口 mouth
How it's built: Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

公共利益不是个人利益的简单总和，而需要通过制度加以协调。 Gōnggòng lìyì bú shì gèrén lìyì de jiǎndān zǒnghé, ér xūyào tōngguò zhìdù jiāyǐ xiétiáo. The public interest is not the simple sum of individual interests; it must be coordinated through institutions.
三个班级学生人数的总和超过了三百人。 Sān gè bānjí xuésheng rénshù de zǒnghé chāoguòle sānbǎi rén. The total number of students in the three classes exceeds three hundred.
团队的成功是大家努力的总和，不是一个人的功劳。 Tuánduì de chénggōng shì dàjiā nǔlì de zǒnghé, bú shì yīgè rén de gōngláo. A team's success is the sum of everyone's effort, not the credit of one person.