从

See also: 從, 丛, 人人, 𠓜, 𬽡, and ㅆ
从 U+4ECE, 从
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4ECE
← 仍
[U+4ECD] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 仏 →
[U+4ECF]

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

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 () (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. See the bottom component of 旅 (< 𣃨).

Etymology 1

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

References

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 is the draft (1955) first-round simplified and variant form of 叢).
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji

从

(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

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