从

See also: 從, 丛, 人人, 𠓜, 𬽡, and ㅆ

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Translingual

Stroke order

Stroke order

Traditional	從
Shinjitai	従
Simplified	从

Han character

从 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+2, 4 strokes, cangjie input 人人 (OO), four-corner 8800₀, composition ⿰人人)

Derived characters

• 𫩛, 𭎂, 𪭢, 枞, 𪻐, 𥾺(纵), 𫎆, 𨥎(𫓩), 𫕚, 众, 𫧏, 𪨊, 苁, 疭, 丛, 怂, 𠈌, 耸

Related characters

• 從 (Traditional form of 从)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 92, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30890
• Dae Jaweon: page 195, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 105, character 3
• Unihan data for U+4ECE

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 从
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (从) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
摐	*sʰroːŋ, *sʰloŋ
鏦	*sʰroːŋ, *sʰloŋ
豵	*ʔsloːŋ, *ʔsloŋ
嵸	*ʔsloːŋ, *ʔsloːŋʔ
蓯	*ʔsloːŋʔ
蹤	*ʔsloŋ
縱	*ʔsloŋ, *ʔsloŋs
樅	*ʔsloŋ, *sʰloŋ
磫	*ʔsloŋ
熧	*ʔsloŋ
瘲	*ʔsloŋs
暰	*sʰloŋ
瑽	*sʰloŋ
從	*zloŋ, *zloŋ, *zloŋs
从	*zloŋ
慫	*sloŋʔ
聳	*sloŋʔ
傱	*sloŋʔ

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) – a person (人) walking with another person in the same direction – to follow. Duplication of 人.

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 从 – see 從 (“to follow; to come after; to comply with; to submit to; etc.”). (This character, 从, is the simplified and variant traditional form of 從.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A01293-001

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 从 – see 叢 (“to collect; to gather; to assemble; to crowd together; bush; shrub; thicket; grove; etc.”). (This character, 从, is the draft (1955) first-round simplified and variant form of 叢.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji

从

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. to follow

Readings

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

Vietnamese

Han character

从: Hán Nôm readings: tòng, tùng, tụng

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References

• Nom Foundation