variant of 從|从[cong2]
surname Cong
from / through / via / to follow / to obey / to engage in (an activity) / never (in negative sentence) / (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) retainer / assistant / auxiliary / subordinate / related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor

= : Mnemonic symbol: 从 looks like the legs of a rubber chicken. Two Neanderthal Men (人) are playing a game with Kitty Cat (cu) in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2). They stand in a line and let Kitty Cat pass through (从) the tunnel formed by their legs by teasing her with a rubber chicken (从).

从 character breakdown

person; people / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]

= 丿 + : Mnemonic symbol: Neanderthal Man (人). Robinson Crusoe (r-) is looking for snacks in the encampment's kitchen (-en2) when he suddenly spots Neanderthal Man (人). Neanderthal Man offers him a banana (丿), but Robinson Crusoe doesn't trust the present and pokes it with a finger (㇏).

Characters with 从 as component

surname Cong
from / through / via / to follow / to obey / to engage in (an activity) / never (in negative sentence) / (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) retainer / assistant / auxiliary / subordinate / related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor

= : Mnemonic symbol: 从 looks like the legs of a rubber chicken. Two Neanderthal Men (人) are playing a game with Kitty Cat (cu) in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2). They stand in a line and let Kitty Cat pass through (从) the tunnel formed by their legs by teasing her with a rubber chicken (从).
mixed / miscellaneous / various / to mix

= + : Zorro (z) discovers that a sewage pipe (朩) broke just inside the ashram's kitchen (a2), and a weird mix (杂) of different smells comes out. It is in fact a cloud nine (九) which involves at least nine mixed smells.
double-layered / lined (garment)
to press from either side / to place in between / to sandwich / to carry sth under armpit / wedged between / between / to intersperse / to mix / to mingle / clip / folder / Taiwan pr. [jia2]

= + : The mean crocodile (丷) is waiting for the bus to go to work in front of the ashram (a1). He prepared to sandwiches (夹) for lunch: One with Joan of Arc (ji) and one with a construction worker (夫).
Taiwan pr. used in 夾生|夹生[jia1 sheng1] and 夾竹桃|夹竹桃[jia1 zhu2 tao2]
fir tree
Boschniakia glabra
see 瘛瘲|瘛疭[chi4 zong4]

Words with 从

to serve (an important personage) / attendant / retainer
less capable than desirable (idiom); not as strong as one would wish / the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak
to study under (a teacher)
master-slave (computing) / client-server (computing) / primary and secondary
to comply with / to obey
to trust and obey
(idiom) to refer to sth by the name its owners use / to refer to a place by the name its inhabitants use (e.g. refer to Seoul as 首爾|首尔[Shou3 er3] rather than 漢城|汉城[Han4 cheng2])
joy from heaven (idiom); overjoyed at unexpected good news / unlooked-for happy event
lit. the sun rises in the west (idiom) / fig. hell freezes over / pigs can fly
to obey / to observe / to follow
to do research / to carry out research
Confucian moral injunctions for women, namely: obey in turn three men father, husband and son, plus the four virtues of morality 德[de2], physical charm 容, propriety in speech 言 and efficiency in needlework 功
retinue / hangers-on
(Internet slang) huge crowds of people (emphatic form of 人[ren2])
at one's discretion

Sentences with 从

zì
cóng
bì
mǎ
we̅n
lái
cǐ
yǐ
hòu