Keyword
from
- by
- since
- whence
- through
- Frequency
- #136
- Strokes
- 4
Readings
cóng100%
Mnemonic
One person 人 following another
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in characters
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Used in vocabulary
从
from; through; via; (bound form) to follow; (bound form) to obey; (bound form) to engage in (an activity); (used before a negative) ever; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. zòng) retainer; attendant; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. zòng) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate; (bound form) (Taiwan pr. zòng) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor
从事
to go for; to engage in; to undertake; to deal with; to handle; to do
从而
thus; thereby
从来
always; at all times; never (if used in negative sentence)
自从
since (a time); ever since
从未
never
从此
from now on; since then; henceforth
从前
previously; formerly; once upon a time
服从
to obey (an order); to comply; to defer
从不
never
从中
from among them; from it
从小
from childhood; from a young age
从来不
never
从没
never (in the past); never did
从业
to practice (a trade)
听从
to listen and obey; to comply with; to heed; to hearken
无从
not to have access; beyond one's authority or capability; sth one has no way of doing
遵从
to comply with; to follow (directives); to defer to (the judgment of superiors)
顺从
obedient; to comply; to submit; to defer
从政
to be engaged in politics (esp. as a government official)
从头
anew; from the start
从业人员
employee; person employed in a trade or profession
从容
to go easy; unhurried; calm; Taiwan pr. cōngróng
从属
subordinate