從

See also 从, and 従

Translingual

Etymology

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

Han character

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

1. from, by, since, whence, through

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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Cantonese

Hanzi

從 (simplified 从, jyutping cung4, Yale chung4)

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Hakka

Hanzi

從 (POJ tshîung, tsíung, Guangdong ts'iung², tsiung³, siung⁵ [Kwangtung, Meixian]; ts'iung², tsiung³ [Hailu, Siyan]; ts'iung² [Bao'an, Dongguan, Hong Kong], Hagfa Pinyim qiung2, jiung3)

References

• CCDICT (Chineselanguage.org)
• Academia Sinica - Hakka-English Dictionary
• Lau, Chun-fat. Hakka Pinyin Dictionary (Chinese). Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press, 1997 (Chinese IME supplement) ISBN 962-201-750-9.

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Japanese

Kanji

從

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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Korean

Hanja

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

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Mandarin

Hanzi

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

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Min Nan

Hanzi

從 (POJ tsiông, tshiong, tsîng)

References

• Taiwan Min Nan Common Words Dictionary (臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典)

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Vietnamese

Han character

從 (tòng, tùng, thủng, tuồng, thong, thung, thùng, tồng, tụng)

References

• Nom Foundation