從

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Han character 1.2.1 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Kanji 3.1.1 Readings 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 5 Mandarin 5.1 Hanzi

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 辵 (“‘walk’”) + phonetic 从

[edit] Han character

從 (radical 60 彳+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 竹人人人人 (HOOOO), four-corner 2828₁)

1. from, by, since, whence, through

[edit] References

• KangXi: page 368, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10152
• Dae Jaweon: page 692, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 829, character 12
• Unihan data for U+5F9E

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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

從 (simplified 从, Yale chung4)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Kanji

從

[edit] Readings

• On: じゅう (jū), しょう (shō), じゅ (ju)
• Kun: したがう (shitagau), したがって (shitagatte), おう (ou)

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

從 (hangeul 종, revised jong, McCune-Reischauer chong, Yale cong)

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Hanzi

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