从

See also 從, 丛, and 人人

Translingual

Stroke order

Etymology

Ideogrammic compound (會意): semantic 人 + phonetic 人

从 is the original character of 從.

Han character

从 (radical 9 人+2, 4 strokes, cangjie input 人人 (OO), composition ⿰人人)

1. from, by, since, whence, through

References

• KangXi: page 92, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 362
• Dae Jaweon: page 195, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 105, character 3
• Unihan data for U+4ECE

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Cantonese

Hanzi

从 (traditional 從, jyutping cung4, Yale chung4)

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Japanese

Kanji

从 (uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. two people

Readings

• On: しょう (shō), じゅ (ju), じゅう (jū)
• Kun: したがう (从う, shitagau) (rare), より (yori) (rare)

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Korean

Hanja

从 (hangeul 종, revised jong, McCune-Reischauer chong)

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Preposition

从 (simplified, Pinyin cóng, traditional 從)

1. from
   • John 1.6

     有一个人，是从神那里差来的，名叫约翰。

     Yǒu yīge rén, shì cóng Shén nàli chāi lái de, míngjiào John.

     There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.

Hanzi

从 (traditional 從, pinyin cóng (cong2), Wade-Giles ts'ung²)

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Vietnamese

Han character

从 (tòng, tùng, tụng)

References

• Nom Foundation